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Re: Typhoon Wings

Posted by TonyD on Wed Apr 03, 2002 02:30:46 PM

In reply top Typhoon Wings posted by Dave Robinson on Wed Apr 03, 2002 10:09:57 AM

Dave

unfortunately you will be waiting for a very long time as Mike died a year or so ago.

TonyD

: : Keep on chasing Tony,
: :
: : During the early years of FlyPast there was an advert by
: M
: : ike Cookman inquiring about a pair of Typhoon wings that
: w
: : ere supposedly used somewhere in Britain as a fence.
: :
: : Tony D, or Dave R do you have any info on that?
: :
: : Cees
: Cees,
:
: Not heard that one before.....I have recently written to M
: ike Cookman so I will try to find out, should he ever get
: in touch!!! Lots of crashes to look into but this is the
: first lead on wings that I have heard about (in the UK).
:
: Tried to search the the 'Wings' in Denmark but the musuems
: over there have never heard about these. The other 'rumo
: ur' was a single wing in France....again I have not been a
: ble to find this one, the French seem to be very tight lip
: ped over anything they may have.
:
: As an aside the construction of the Typhoon wings is very
: simple.....if we can get the drawings then these won't be
: a problem. The problem is the main wing spars!!! There a
: re quite a few in the UK but they are all with 'collectors
: ' who have multiple sets but won't let any of them go. I
: have someone who can reproduce them for me....as long as I
: can get the drawings or a sample....you don't have any do
: you Cees/Tony?

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