Generally “British Association” threads were used on instrument panels then, often 4BA usually round head, sometimes 2BA, and sometimes countersunk, usually steel except close to magnetic compasses where brass was used.
Other components used BSW and BSF threads.
Later on unified threads (UNC & UNF) were used, even aluminium screws (horrible things!)
Phantoms and Hercules were delivered with ANF and ANC threads except for the UK supplied parts.
Vampire/Venom canopy Jettison
It is held in by a canopy jettison latch rail on each side. Pulling the jettison handle moves the rail rearwards allowing the rail and canopy to fly up and away.
Normal removal requires winding the canopy back and depressing the spring loaded stop.
Hope this helps, PM me if you need more, and iof you have a latch rail for the starboard side, please can I have it!
Terry
Power Plug Adaptor
As a ground equipment item it will be in section 5G. Now, not quite what you aked for but 5G/3495 was an adaptor to allow the use of a more moden “NATO” style 3 pin 28V dc ground supply plug to mate with an old round two pin socket, as I guess was fitted to the Chipmunk.
But , no I haven’t got one!
Hope this helps,
Terry
XF940’s Type 3KS1 Mk 4, would often be referred to as a Mk 3KS just to confuse things!
and of course there are foreign aircraft types (this from an ex-Swiss Venom Mk4):
Here’s my list:
1 Meteor
1CA Canberra
1E Meteor
1F Venom
2A Attacker
2B Wyvern
2CA Canberra
2CB Canberra B(l)8
2D Sea Hawk
2E Meteor
2F Venom
2H Hunter
2HAN Hunter
3A Valiant
3B Vampire T11
3CA Canberra
3CS Canberra PR9 Pilot
3CT1 & 2 Canberra T4
3CT3 Canberra T4
3H
3J Javelin
3K Vulcan
3L Victor
4A Sea Venom
4BSB & 4BSC Lightning
4DSA Sea Vixen
4HA Hunter T7
4MSA Buccaneer S2
4P Jet Provost
4QS Canberra PR9 Nav
5A Phantom
6MSA Buccaneer S2
6MSB Buccaneer S2
7A Phantom
9 &9A
9B Jaguar
9D Harner7a
10A Tornado
10H Sea Harrier
11
12 Harrier GR7
Not guaranteed though. Anybody care to add to it?
Not Lancaster particularly but see below:
Its south camp that is being demolished. North camp was sold off in the 1960’s. East camp is occupied by the Defence Support Agency who took over from DARA who had tried to run the old 30MU. Some building work is taking place on east camp but south camp is dissapearing!
Officer’s mess, Mess accomodation and Training school:
How about Sealand? The railway ran between South Camp and West Camp and there was an aircraft crossing point, but some way from the bridge. West camp was sold off in the sixties.
AP pages
Perhaps these may help:-
Plastic Model Box
Here is a scan of a plastic model box lid, with recce pod.
Recce Pod
Sorry don’t have any particular detail myself. See:
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/emipod.htm
which is fairly imformative and shows a diagram and photo. And see other hits from google search for “recconaisance pod EMI Phantom”.
5C/1002
Like this:
Whiworth – Gloster (from an AW Argosy manual), and some that aren’t aircraft manufacturer but associated.
Some diagrams
Not sure if these relate to the Mk4 Autopilot:
Terry P. who posts in here from time to time was in 96th. Entry at Halton ( Instruments/Electrics ).
Bill T.
Actually I was in the 100th! – 687840
Terry