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  • May 11, 2015 at 12:40 am in reply to: Battle cockpit restoration progress #913869
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    Still have heaps of work to go have most of the parts required but still need a early merlin windscreen , canopy and some cowl sections .

    Would be interested in any other battle parts still out there.

    cheers dave

    March 21, 2015 at 7:45 am in reply to: Help identifying Lancaster parts #874815
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    Why make them just ask me for the ten or so original ones I have lower and upper ones.

    Cheers dave

    March 20, 2015 at 11:00 am in reply to: Help identifying Lancaster parts #875578
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    Hi mate , i think that the item in the first 3 pics is a mounting block for a R1155 and T1154 radios.

    cheers dave

    March 20, 2015 at 2:16 am in reply to: What is this instrument panel from? #875761
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    Hi Ivor , cant help with id but i used to own a panel the same sans guages , looking at the brake guage and thinking post war , so whatever it came out of was also used in Australia.

    cheers dave

    February 2, 2015 at 8:39 am in reply to: A better type of Canberra cockpit #913551
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    Hi all we have the front seat out for cleaning it and the cockpit getting ready for paint strip and designing a trailer for it .May display the front seat at Avalon airshow long side the hunter nose.

    Cheers dave

    November 22, 2014 at 10:00 am in reply to: Ejection seat Facebook scare story #893963
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    Daniel / Phil this is yet to be confirmed/verified please stop scaremongering/commenting with your opinions before any professional conclusion has being reached.

    Mods pleads lock/delete this thread until issue has being confirmed.

    Cheers dave

    November 18, 2014 at 7:56 am in reply to: A better type of Canberra cockpit #897948
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    Hi all today was d day to move the Canberra cockpit with some low level flying behind a crane truck , it has bein relocated to a friends factory where restoration and building a trailer for it will commence.

    Also i have included a pic of the intended nose art , which was on a B57B Canberra as flown by the 8th attack Sqd USAF in Vietnam .

    cheers dave

    November 17, 2014 at 7:11 am in reply to: Vintage engine part to id swapmeet pick up #898525
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    Hi Pete thank you for the id.

    cheers dave

    October 20, 2014 at 3:32 am in reply to: A better type of Canberra cockpit #924682
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    Thanks Dan you are a life saver give me a call when you are down my way next and i will give you the Devon screens that are here.

    Am intending to repaint the Canberra as a USAF B model as used in Vietnam.

    cheers dave

    October 19, 2014 at 10:34 am in reply to: A better type of Canberra cockpit #925032
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    Hi Oxcart yes i have seen the pics there is also a pic of it in the book Desert Boneyard before it was beheaded , as for internal fit the front office is 90% complete just missing a few guages the back has its seat but all the electronic countermeasure equipment has being removed , here is an internal pic of one of the side consoles tried to upload a pic of the panel it fails to upload.

    cheers dave

    October 5, 2014 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Other B-25's in Australia. Closed thread addendum #856653
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    Hi Mark the Gove pic is of a PV1 Ventura and a Beaufort , the PV1 is with the Queensland Air Museum not sure where the Beaufort is .

    cheers dave

    September 7, 2014 at 8:56 am in reply to: Another merlin part to id #886372
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    Thanks mate.

    cheers dave

    July 26, 2014 at 9:13 am in reply to: Rudder pedals to identify please… #926634
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    Hi AM the battle uses the same pedals i have a few pairs in very good condition seems to be a part that survives quite well condition wise.

    cheers dave

    May 19, 2014 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Two aircraft seats, possibly WW2 vintage – Identification please. #914619
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    Hi Rowin aboat you have a pm , TT is correct on id of both seats.

    cheers dave

    May 18, 2014 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Aircraft engine driven generator id #915053
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    Thanks Pete they were found with alot of merlin bits .

    Cheers dave

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