Fascinating stuff. Particularly having visited some of his ‘jobs’. Getting the local blacksmith to fashion cross milled screwdrivers to disassemble a Hudson was especially notable.

He was selling an incendiary bomb case from a heinkel crash. Apparently they were dropping British incendiaries that night.

The Chinook grip certainly isn’t, the column should be much more curved. Both look to be Wessex. I wonder how they’ll do?
Brightspark, your grip looks to be Vampire or Seahawk. Without checking numbers I would err on the side of Vampire.

That’s pretty much Supermarket Sweep for a Phantom fan. The row of instrument panels in the background of one of the F4 cockpit shots is impressive too.

A Wessex with bombs! I smell paella.

Excellent information, thanks Martyn. Didn’t realise that Lightning grip was so long lived. I based my assumption on a poster in the Fenland Aviation museum, a familiarisation view of an F1. More kit building opportunities to sit with it.
Some lovely controls appearing, the B25 being particularly nice. I’m trying to stay clear of airliners, but the 707 yoke looks the business, HP81. Sounds like you paid the best price for your collection, too!

Mig 21 in the middle. something Sukhoi at the left? Amazing selection, do tell!

That’s a bit of a kit Tony! The Forger stick is astonishing, Bas, although I can’t find a picture of anything similar either. Even ‘walkarounds’, usually a good source of photos, don’t get in the cockpits. Nice Lightning grip, Redhillwings. I only have an early F1 grip (Different trim switch and AP cut out to yours) , but without label so can’t add anything beyond it looking later than an F1.
You’ve done well with RAF transports/trainers, Swifter. The Varsity yoke always looks a lot more exciting than the rather portly aircraft it controls, with the suggestion of devastating firepower from it’s many buttons.
I’ve filled a gap in the collection with a ‘proper’ Corsair grip. It has the VS part number and truncated handle. Later versions reverted to the NAF type, but still a sawn off example.