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Re: After a week away..(long - but varied and interestin I hope)

Posted by Tony on Sun Nov 11, 2001 03:53:44 PM

In reply top After a week away..(long - but varied and interestin I hope) posted by Paul McMillan on Sun Nov 11, 2001 12:11:49 PM

Hi Paul, and welcome back.....

Actually, 2 Spits in Bogs, one in Italy, one in Wales.

Not very hopeful about the Italian one, as the Marsh appears to be salt. Not very hopeful about the Welsh one (The locals) :0)

Mick is beside himself with glee, because well, he's changed his medication to Ginseng and Ginger, and I think it's caused hallucinations, where someone confirmed Brown and Hudners Corsairs are still there, and he is about to be in receipt of documentary evidence concerning aircraft we've spoken about on this board, of the Supermarine variety :0) What was that about the recovery of the decade?

Tony....
(A dog is 4 life not 4 eating)





: Travelling around Scotland, seeing castles, battlefields a
: nd lochs and NO aircraft... Expect the odd Tornado.. I tho
: ught I would make a contribution..
:
: a: Firstly, thanks to Jason Webb and David Burke for posti
: ng the stuff about the Hawker Fury at Brooklands..
:
: b: I have just read about 4 pages worth of stuff on this s
: ite and am amazed at what happens in a week.. Mick finds s
: omething and then while gets us all excited then keeps qui
: te. :-{. I can understand him not wanting to say location
: but maybe aircraft type could be mentioned ???
:
: c: However the stuff about the German engines and Ju 88 re
: covery was good news :-}
:
: d: Also Tony putting on his wellingtons and going bog walk
: ing could be good for a laugh... Ditto comments about loca
: tion and type
:
: e: I read some of the introductions and was gladdened and
: amazed that there are people in there teens and 20's inter
: sested in this stuff. It bodes well for the future of this
: past time and this from a old man of 35! Looks like the e
: ditors of the magazines will be glad of this as well. remi
: nds me of the old story that the Telegraph in the UK was l
: osing its readers ie.e old colonels faster than it was rec
: ruiting young turks...
:
: f: I have also recieved my latest copy of classic wings (t
: hanks Graham) and there is a good couple of pictures of th
: e Corsair in Guam in there.. That should keep Rob happy!
:
: g: While on the subject of Clasic Wings.. There is an arti
: cle on flying the Sopworth Camel.. Gene de Marco who flys
: the example at Ole Rineback got me thinking.. This bird ha
: s an original 160 BHP Gnome rotary. Gene explained that th
: e cylinders rotate (as you would expect in a rotary engine
: ) and saying how there is no exhaust mechanisim as there i
: s no place to put it on a rotary.. But this got me thinkin
: g.. How did the fuel get to the cylinders in the first pla
: ce.. There cannot be fixed hoses as this would not allow t
: he engine to turn. Can someone please explain to me in sim
: ple english how this was achieved. The same with the oil..
: Unless this was self contained.. Ignition would not be a
: problem as all that would be needed was something like a r
: otary arm in a car distributor to control the timing.. But
: how go you get the fuel into the cylinders when the how m
: echanism has to move?? I hope someone can answer this ques
: tion and also
:
: h: Finally, (if I have kept your attention this long), in
: Aeroplane monthly there is a picture of a TAF Oscar with i
: ts wings attached..It says 'the cockpit canopy lofting lin
: es are currently being finalised for reproductions and gla
: zing is eing manufactured by Cee Bailey in California'. Th
: e picture shows this structure in place on the aircraft. T
: he question I have (the first of maybe a few along these l
: ines are) "if I wanted to do this myself how would I do th
: is". ie. is there someone out there on this forum who coul
: d tell me how someone would go about making glazing for an
: aircraft.. Not just for the Oscar but for ANY type of air
: craft.. what tools and techniques would you need if you wa
: nted to have a go yourself??? I hope someone can help me.
: .
:
: Anyway that is all from me...
:
: Paul

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