I also have some distant recollection of some plywood aircraft (B17s?) being put together over the far side of the airfield for a film? Some vague memories, but happy nonetheless…
Possibly the Prukas (or Stutors?) used for the BoB film? Proctors modified to look something like Stukas.
SL721 – now in Canada.
This aircraft was crated by my father in ’78 & sent to Phoenix where he re-assembled it for Woodson K Woods. He was due to return the following year for follow up remedial work, but suffered a heart attack.
Junk Heads & sticking or pinching of the sleeves I think are the biggest failures, not limited to the Centaurus either, I believe Hercs & ‘Big Hercs’ as my father used to call them, suffered too. They need special 100U oil too.
Wot – the ones that fly in loose formation?
Seriously it does seem that the modern powers that be need to recognise that better materials now exist & not be so rigid in order to exclude themselves from potential legal proceedings….What happens after Brexit in Europe or the UK?
No one has referenced looking at AP 1492A. Towed target equipment. It seems Shuttleworth have a copy in their files, but no references elsewhere. Might be worth a look?
I think Fairey had a contract to produce drawings in the AS series, so possibly also had a contract to manufacture same? I remember seeing the drawings by Fairey in SBAC Handbook of standard parts back in the 70’s.
How about a Defiant TT, or Mosquito TT’s at Llanbedr – off at a tangent?
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