I hope no-one mind me dragging this post back up but I’ve been unable to identify this panel and would be grateful for any information or suggestions. The hand-rail (or whatever it is) would seem to be quite distinctive. There’s something about it that makes me think Shackleton, but I may be completely wrong in this.

Any helpful comments would be greatly appreciated.

You might be right Pete. Not included in the photo are some reduction gears that I’m pretty sure are Griffon. The prop shaft, however, I’m sure is Merlin. It is the exact dimensions of the shaft fitted to our Merlin engine and is between the diameters of the two Griffon prop shafts on our Shackleton engine.

In the hope that it might help, here is a general view of this propeller. I think it is a de Havilland bracket type constant speed, but I have no idea about the actual de Havilland type number.

I am very keen to try and identify the type of propeller this is and, if possible, the aircraft type it would have been fitted to.

Does anyone have any ideas about this propeller? I thought the numbers might identify it, but is it possible there are other numbers I’ve missed which would provide that crucial piece of evidence? I can’t believe with the knowledge on this forum that no-one is able to say what this prop is off.

Thanks, but I’m looking for an image of the cabin interior, not exterior shots of the aircraft, of which there are plenty around and easy enough to find on airliners.net and elsewhere.

Dave,

Thanks for that, which makes sense. I calculate the length of the quarter wave to be approximately 43cm which if my maths is correct would give a frequency of 174.3 MHz. If that’s right, does that give any more indication of the function of the aerial?

Thanks for the posts. Ignoring the curved bit joining the two dipoles together, each dipole measures 45cm long. From that I figured a wavelength of 90cm which I calculate to a frequency of about 350 MHz (well, actually 333 MHz).

And, no I’m afraid it’s not a V-beam aerial! 🙂