The right thing done.
Cheers Tony, that explains perfectly. A small but important piece! Being an early Mustang some odd bits came out:
The sockets seem much rarer than B8s Tony, there was a shop in the states doing them for £20 each, as well as unissued FJ4 grips like Martyn’s for little. I bought (and used) a couple of connectors and the week I emailed an order for a grip they folded. Sod’s law. That was a good price for the Seaking grip, too.
You’re right in the US Navy having some more interesting shapes Martyn, the Vigilante is one I’d like, along with a Crusader tandem double grip. Now they do look rude.
The A4 grip was from the States Tony, part of a grandfather’s collection being returned to the wild. He was thankfully a demon for labels by the look of it, everything well identified!
Thanks for looking that up Jason, I haven’t got the parts list and it’s a bit small to jump out from photos. Cheers.
Whitley was a wild stab in the dark Elliott, but thanks for the offer of a peek. It looks a bit chunky for a pre war part. Any idea on the Spit bit?
Hadn’t crossed my mind Andy, just looking at the pretty pictures. Strange coincidence though, and both for ‘crash damaged’ aircraft by the looks.
That’s an unusual grip Tony, there seem very few images of early fifties jet cockpits on the net. FJ Fury searches pull up one pic. Yours has the same style of trim as post 511 earlier, although that only has up and down, sticky, positions. Nice yoke FLY.BUY, although things are getting a bit incestuous now! My newest acquisition is an early A4 grip. a selection of models now represented.
Can’t type on a phone. Bums.
I’ll second that. Knew three out of four but ss was a mystery. It looks the missing link between B8 and HOTAS. A rim around the top and it could be on an F18. The KG13 is a good example of just how advanced Luftwaffe ergonomics were. A good job they ran out of stuff to make them from.
Looks interesting, particularly liked page 66 from the Amazon description: “How do I know which mark of Spitfire I have?” A question which regularly troubles me.
RAF cockpit green, applying to everything, for the use of! Wine prevents further research.
It’s not Whitley. Certainly exotic though.
Hello Brian, that website is my first port of call also. Under ‘aircraft by part number prefix’ it lists 82- as B25C. B52s were, well, different!
The part number makes it B25C, and it looks American. Is there a story?
This finished while I was looking at it. It seems to have a slightly ergonomic design. Is it the Austin Allegro of spade grips?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360851395216?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648