Rusty has got to be female, I mean, look at the front of the pair – Terence has a towing pin and Rusty hasn’t. So maybe it will be a marriage and, in time, the tuglets will come forth and start to learn by towing flexi-wings around.
Didn’t Prince Andrew write a story about a helicopter? Watch out, someone from the BBC is just turning off the M11. Deadenders could be for the chop (I wish).

Anyone know what was on the menu?

Compo sandwiches – donated by British Rail. Bungee was to help prevent ends turning up. :diablo:

Inboard end of Spitfire main spar with Rib 1 and Rib 5 attachments.

The big question is – where is the rest of it?

Would that be A/M 5C/909? Sort of clear tear-drop affair?

Kinda curious to know as apparently one was fitted to Hotspur gliders as part of the modification program to MkIII standard and non of my APs list the part number.

Sorry, can’t help there as I do not have any reference to numbers at all. My notes simply mention ‘identification lights’ but no not list section/refs. I will see if I can track anything on Monday whan I will be back in the world of old drawings and things. Cheers!

80W:eek:

Are you sure? It looks like just a little 5-10W bulb holder – car sidelight type.

That is what they taught me at Melksham all those years ago. Surely they didn’t get it wrong 🙁

There was also an upward identification light on some aircraft but that was a different unit – 180 deg / 16W / clear

what, no royal wedding thread?

Yes there is – you’re reading it right now.:D

Sandown was a regular destination for me in the 1980s. Go there on a sunny, hot day and take a walk to the beach, you’ll love the whole experience. We used to spend the day at the beach and fly back with the sunset. A great way to get to a beach and avoid the heavy traffic of the mainland. Lovely memories. We sometimes landed at Bembridge too, but Sandown was the most enjoyable destination. :rolleyes::)

And we hope that it (Sandown) will remain the best. Even if you are going ‘off site’, please request to park north side and visit our cafe before, and after, your walk to the beach. Who knows, I may even be your marshaller 😉

Hi Danjama.

Yes, some really good advice here. I have spent over 50 years in aviation engineering and got my initial trade training in the RAF of the early 60’s. I will always remember being interviewed by the engineering officer on my first unit with ‘real aircraft’ (Vampire T11’s). On learning that I had just completed my trade training, and thought that I knew it all, he told me that the school ‘may’ have taught me the theory of my trade, but he and his team were now going to teach me how to work on an aircraft. And what a difference.

Now semi-retired and working on aircraft restoration as a volunteer, I am still learning something new every day. And, as long as I am still working, I will go on learning. And that is one of the great aspects of aviation.

And in all those years I have worked on more that 50 types gaining experience on piston, jet, turbo-jet, turbo-prop and rotary wing in first, second and third line maintenance, modification, manufacture (including prototype) thence to design (including prototype), system certification, design consultancy and now restoration of aircraft of the same age as myself. Always been there to take the bad as well as the good and always enjoyed myself.

Yes, the door at the bottom of the stairs is much harder to open now, but with a willingness to learn whether it is a push or pull door, you can get there. And do not forget the GSOH, a very necessary qualification!

Good luck and have fun 🙂