On the reverse. Quite small?

This is usually the part number………of the data plate.:)

Mark

Thats interesting, does the data plate count as equipment? or have I got it wrong, in my notes 64 means equipment.

Sorry to dredge up an old thread but I just noticed a stamped number on the reverse side of the data plate shown above:

30064/325

or maybe it’s ‘30064 325’ (the slash could be a mere scratch)

Does this offer any further clues as to identity of the aircraft?

paging Mark12 as ever… 😀

300= MK1 Spitfire could be used on later Mks
64= Equipment
325= part number

No is the answer

Right first time Graham the cockpit sequence are from a Spitfire… 😀 Sadly theres only one short film of the Whirly and it does not include any cockpit footage, I’ve used part of a Spitfire startup to create a link for the take off sequence but have had to magnify them to hide the fact that they are not Whirly ones… 😉 So the Whirly pilots notes will be different…;)

I would suspect that there are many ‘common’ instruments to both the Whirlwind and other early War aircraft. Just trying to get some decent interior shots are nearly impossible, the original photo’s taken for the official pilots notes are apparently ‘unobtainable’ which is a shame as the ones that are in the pilots notes are of very poor quality, although a magazine that shall remain nameless has used one in a review of Westlands little ‘Crikey’

There is substancial information to be had from the Repair AP’s…

Mr Blue Sky

I have some reasonable pictures of the cockpit layout and as you say the instruments are pretty standard stuff if you email me [email]gadlam@btinternet.com[/email] i’ll send you what i have. Westlands do have good quailty pictures and i am awaiting their arrival:)
Having just had a closer look there doesnt appear to be any “Whirlwind only” type instruments like the Spitfire’s trim and U/c indicator. I suspect the only instrument that will be impossible to get will be the fuel gauge’s as these were one of the only gauges made specifically for each type of aircraft.

What’s the problem with the “make it fly” brigade?

Why should any restoration have to fly. Let’s start with a static one first shall we? If there are no drawings to work from, then the result would be a monstrosity,
Cees

Cees complete detailed drawings are not available according to Westlands, however dimensional drawings are available, this is how people like airfix can make exact scaled down models,and there are plenty of whirlwind models on the market includind scale flyers. There is very little difference in building a scale model or a full size model just allot more materials and space to build it the dimensions can be replicated exactly for a static so it wont look monstrous. Building a flyer requires drawings for each of the thousands of compenents thats the difference.

anybody know of any bits and pieces left at all? I’ve just been browsing “interceptor” by james goulding, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Whirlwind, lovely looking thing and to me is a big “should have been” – anyhow, I know one made the civil register (P7048 became G-AGOI) – anything left anywhere? (maybe the Whitley guys can put one together in their spare time….?);) 😀

I have been looking into the Whirlwind recently as a subject for our next replica build, there arent any surivivors or replica’s as far as I have been able to find out. It is an appropriate project for us as Westlands is local. There is some wreckage in private ownership from crash recoveries. The last survivor was scrapped in the 70s after being used by Westlands as a fire rescue training aid, needless to say the remains were in poor condition when scrapped. It surpises me that Westlands didnt make any effort to save at least one but it wasnt really a success for them. An engine was donated to a local ATS in the late 60s but this has long since vanished. I am looking for a pair of servicable Kestrals(ground runners) if any body knows for any I have heard they are still around in reasonable numbers and do not command Merlin prices.

Sorry, not a Bf109 piston…it’s American. 😮

Amazing I wonder how it picked up the History I was given LOL