early Beaufighter with original style canopy

I know where you are coming from, but I can’t find a pic to verify. The nose looks very short to me?? Was the early canopy that different?

“Sand jack”

Another way of lowering a very heavy load cheaply and without a crane is to use a “sand jack”.

In this example, a pile of sand or earth could be built up around and under the nose wheel.

When time comes to lower the load or airframe, you hose away or remove the soil by hand. No crane required!

These techniques have been and are still used in O&G construction in some of the more remote regions of the world.

Another giant leap backwards for mankind:( First the moon, then Concorde, now this. Is anything in place to replace them? I doubt it – no money I suspect. Ahh well it was nice while it lasted.

Martin

The Shuttle is obosolete and dangerous.

I would be very surprised if the worlds major Super Power didn’t have a replacement ‘vehicle’ already operational. I would be equally surprised if it employs rockets either.

How long did it take Stealth to get into the public arena?

Thanks for all the posts. I have to say at this stage I am a little disappointed.
I have seen the type of Trolleys shown, I was told specifically when I bought this it was pre war precisely because it had wire wheels and mud guards.
The wheels of coarse could have been added anytime but the mud guards look in keeping with the rest of the trolley and have clearly been attached for some time.
Also none of the trolleys shown have these brackets, is it possible this is an earlier model or is it 100% the wrong wheels?
Some good news I do have the correct generator unit that sits on the box, I will also post a picture tomorrow of a starter generator that I have never seen before, luckily it has an aiministry plate on it. Think its dated 37 will have to wait until tomorrow to get a picture.
Does anyone have pictures of the front so I can see what is missing and a wiring diagram or a pic of the internals would be brilliant?

I would question whether such a hand drawn piece of equipment would ever have made such a turn of speed that it would require mudguards?

I notice that the hubs have very small knock on/off hub nuts, might these wheels and mudguards have been fitted to a very early car?

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/trailers.htm

Are the hubs of the wheels splined onto a shaft? Any markings on the hub nut?

I would say the only reasonable chance of seeing a Shack fly again, is with the SAAF MR.3, even this fine machine seems to have become a ground runner which kind of shows what a massive task it is to keep em flying.
Not sure what the latest is with it, but there is a thread about it somewhere here, and Mo will know for sure.

Isn’t the spar life just about consumed now too?

The one in Namibia has (had) a reasonable no of spar hours left IIRC as it was re-sparred locally.

That’s quite amazing. He has got his hands on what appears to be a very complete P51 crash airframe with substantial sub assemblies and not a lot missing. The bits look remarkably clean, as if they have been in dry storage since it crashed? Was this a Swedish airforce P51 that crashed post WWII? Considering that he appears to be performing a lot of work outside, he is performing a remarkable job putting it all back together. Looks great. Is there a website anyone with more details?

How many people have died, are forecast to die, been mamed or had their lives shortened by exposure to these instruments?