And to stop them rattling in their holes – most important that they don’t.
Keith

Many, many moons ago the first painting I saw by him was in the Camberley High street art shop & it was of a Connie. It almost jumped out at you. Amazing stuff.
Blue skies David.
Keith

‘I also have some distant recollection of some plywood aircraft (B17s?) being put together over the far side of the airfield for a film?
Mayhem Marshy, your’e memory is quite correct. I followed a link to a Blackbushe proboard shown in the SL721 thread & found some pictures of B17 cutouts being erected.
Keith

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Now I wonder when and why the D-A code was all but removed.
I guess it was done during the reassembly in order to reflect the new owners initials?
The attached shows her almost one year on, when my father was due to revisit & change a radiator, but suffered a heart attack, subsequently dying.
Keith

Even published Danger areas are advisory……D201 & D202 are examples.

There is not much out there, but first search Flight Global for 23rd August 1934. There a couple of photos over at http://www.afleetingpeace.org. I have made my own drawing of G-AEEG (an M3A) from which I modified the model of the M3 G-ACTM which I created for Flight Simulator 2004, so if you can read Autocad or even gmax, then can send. Both Models available over at Flightsim.com. P.M. me if any use.
Keith

Correction….I cannot find my model of the M3 prototype over a flightsim, it must have been lost when Britsim folded, but if interested can send it to you.

Miles did some experimental work for the RAE with the M6 Hawcon, in which various wings could be fitted with thicknesses ranging from 30% to 15%. It flew initially in 1935. Results showed that for speeds up to 300 mph 20% thickness gave a reasonable compromise between strength & drag, remembering of course that monoplane design was in its infancy strength/weight ratio wise. For speeds above 400 mph then 15% was considered the maximum. Miles did though experience difficulty in producing a wing strong enough in wood to create the 15% wing. Data from Miles Aircraft since 1925.

First guess a Percival Proctor.
keith