Hi Radar,
I asked a friend and he said all he can Id out of it is that it is a 3 channel VHF unit.

Peter,

Thanks for checking anyway. I guess this isn’t going to be an easy one to sortout.

Thanks also for the suggestion, piston power! I’ll have a look at the forum and maybe give it a try.

I doubt the photos will be of much help, but they are appended below in the hope that someone might recognise them and can tell me what they are, what they were used for and in which aircraft types.

Thanks, it certainly looks like I misread the number.

Does anyone know what aircraft types this would be fitted to, or is it simply too generic to tell?

Look American(ish) to me possibly

Any part number or stamp on the bolt heads?

I’ve now checked and the bolt heads have Linread A25 stamped on them. The objects/hinges have all been poorly overpainted with white paint but vaguely discernible on the side is a series of letters and numbers: CM45C 535MD R1R as per the photo below.

I did wonder if this indicated C-45 Expeditor, but I’ve checked with a Beech 18S and they’re definitely not undercarriage doors hinges from a Beech 18 (although I’ve not checked the passenger door).

Any ideas?

Thanks. I appreciate your efforts to remember where you’ve seen these. It’ll probably come back to you when you’re thinking about something else!

I have to agree with JagRigger. These don’t come close to matching any undercarriage door hinges I’ve seen, none of which are bolted on. I’m assuming that everyone who identified them as hinges was saying “that’s what they look like,” rather than “that is definitely what they are.” It does’nt look like they are u/c door hinges, unless someone can provide a photo showing one in situ.

This then begs the question: if they’re not undercarriage door hinges, what are they?

Thanks for the responses, guys. The answer seems so obvious now! My gut feeling is that they are probably older than Tornado, but I can’t guarantee this. Is the consensus that they are Tornado, or are they likely to be something else? Is it possible they could be from either a Buccaneer or a Shackleton?

Could it perhaps be something to cover a meteorological instrument on a ground installation?

I don’t think it’s a Stevenson screen either. These are normally louvered and painted white and this is neither of these.

Is there any possibility that it might have something to do with a Vampire? I may be making false assumptions, but being wood I wondered if there is anything inside or connection with two-seat Vampires that looks like this. Any ideas?