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  • July 3, 2009 at 2:13 pm in reply to: Curtiss P-36 Hawk #1193462
    ian_
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    I helped recover quite a bit of an RAF Mohawk, BK877 from a meadow in Wiltshire a couple of years ago. Brief story here:
    http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/aa/ex06_Mohawk_Wiltshire.html
    There were some interesting US to French to British modifications. Here, hopefully is rudder pedal. Really got my interest in the type going. A very attractive and rugged aircraft.

    July 1, 2009 at 10:40 pm in reply to: Glastonbury 2009 #1194610
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    Less exciting than the little hot air ballons floating past. The Specials and Madness were splendid. And Tom Jones rocked, boyo.

    July 1, 2009 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Glastonbury 2009 #1194770
    ian_
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    I’m having the same problem, can’t upload anything! They’d sealed up the Andover so no souvenirs this time, and I forgot my screwdriver to remove a label from that huge engine to a place of safety. There were two Gazelle pods as well. Top weekend, just about recovered now.

    June 24, 2009 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Can you ID this Spit Part? #1201446
    ian_
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    Was that a recent Welsh donation Steve? Penny drops, slaps head.

    June 23, 2009 at 10:19 pm in reply to: Hurricane finds #1202689
    ian_
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    You are entirely right. Death certificates give place of death, even if this is just a farm it narrows things down considerably. Sorted out a mix up over here in Wales where two Spits collided.

    June 23, 2009 at 9:16 pm in reply to: WW2 RAF Fighter Pilots Personal weapons #1202815
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    Interesting link to the revolver site Tony, it’s not often you see something wartime related and think ‘that’s almost cheap’.
    On a similar thread, Stuka crews seem to have travelled a little more ‘tooled up’ .This one is from Russia:
    http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-weapons-aircraft/ju-87-d-wreck-june-2007-found-russia-7804/
    I think there is some evidence of MP40s being carried over the UK as well.

    Did the Smith and Wesson come out of a PR Spit, Andy?

    June 23, 2009 at 9:09 am in reply to: Different Hurricane part to id #1203850
    ian_
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    Thanks both! I’ve not gpt many bits af Hurricane but that one was annoying Me.

    June 22, 2009 at 10:19 pm in reply to: Hurricane finds #1204069
    ian_
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    My thoughts exactly Elliott. I’ve re dug one London Air Museum recovery and used the same digger driver. His description was ‘all they wanted was the engine.’ They took a little more than that but were far from thorough. Would you like the site run over with a magnetometer? The brass item in picture 4 might be the inside of an oxygen or other high pressure reading gauge. Is the curve at the top a flattened hollow tube? The buckle in pic one looks like brass 1937 pattern webbing from a kit bag/medical bag. Might well be wrong but could pic 6 the melted alloy piece with the holes and screws be a corner off the blind flying panel?

    June 22, 2009 at 1:19 pm in reply to: Can you ID this Spit Part? #1204794
    ian_
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    Def Spit. Have seen a couple from, as Rocketeer says, early models.

    June 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Mystery hydraulic pump? #1205780
    ian_
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    Interesting about the part numbers, I can only find 55 as a prefix for AT6 parts. It must have been a standard NAA component for a while. The pump is definately P51 as it came out of the same hole as a very complete Mustang, including data plate, wing/fuselage gun selector etc. It’s in several pictures in ‘production line to frontline’ in the Osprey series. Computer is playing up and now will not upload the photo.

    June 21, 2009 at 11:07 am in reply to: Mystery hydraulic pump? #1205853
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    Sorry Steve! I spent a long time looking at photos of Ds and thought I was losing the plot. Lots of part numbers: Pump assem. No. 55-58024-5, Body Assem. No. 55-58024-10 and Serial No.5526-2885. I wish everything was as well labelled.

    June 21, 2009 at 10:49 am in reply to: Mystery hydraulic pump? #1205872
    ian_
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    Hello Mark, probably explains why I couldn’t find find a picture of one on a D! Earlier marks (certainly RAF Allison models) had a pump on the stbd side of the seat. I have one with ‘Hand Hyd Pump’ embossed on the knob on the end from AG634 which is what got me thinking in the first place. Perhaps it’s P47?

    June 18, 2009 at 4:40 pm in reply to: A mystery (blast?) tube ??? to Identify #1209520
    ian_
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    Very much Spitfire. I know someone who is looking for just that piece, and the other 7 slightly different ones. Nice item!

    June 16, 2009 at 12:32 pm in reply to: First Cockpitfest 09 Details #1212098
    ian_
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    Thanks for the photos, the Scimitar in particular looks lovely. Look forward to seeing the insides of some of them. Any of your Spit Tony?

    June 15, 2009 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Would you buy a secondhand Spitfire from this man? #1212679
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    It was the perfect backdrop. Hat of to Mark12 for the in flight shot, I have a memory card full of bits of Spitfire sticking out from the edges of frame. Certainly a suitable alternative to Cockpitfest. Many Thanks to Steve and Andrea.

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