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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2020, 15:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

MPN11 - photo 10. My late father helped...

MPN11 - photo 10.
My late father helped assemble those at Drigh road.
According to him the had no manuals (Ikea or other)
and had to work out wow to do it. Also no "airflow bench"
for engine...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2018, 16:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Chugaluh, I had Marseille tiles in New Zealand....

Chugaluh,
I had Marseille tiles in New Zealand. They came in 4 sizes. Original French metric,
New Zealand Imperial (a bit different size), New Zealand metric (different again),
current NZ metric...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2018, 13:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Hello Danny, yes my father mentioned missing...

Hello Danny,
yes my father mentioned missing instructions. Also mentioned having to set up engine carburetors
whilst not having the essential airflow bench, ie trial and error. Still the engines...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2018, 20:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Hello Fareastdriver, my Father assembled the...

Hello Fareastdriver,
my Father assembled the Vultee Vengeance, and often mentioned Drigh road. Same place ?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2017, 20:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

solo's

Away from home just now, but I remember that my father & uncle
each went solo in around 8.5 hours, thanks to Airworks.

That was in about 1947 or so.
Me ? will tell you later.No idea where my...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2017, 06:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Wright versus Pratt engines.

Researching the wartime history of my Father, I know that
he was on a course at Pratt & Whitney, also that he subsequently
assembled Vengeances in India. Somewhere on the Internet (???)
I remember...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Mar 2017, 02:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

First solo

Packing to move, came across the log book of my Uncle Alastair.
He went solo on 16/12/1948 in G-AISR at 6.45 flying hours.
His main instructor was a Mr R Whitehead. Took place at
Southampton. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2017, 06:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Vengeance etc.

Hello Danny,
now I am back home & reunited with my fathers records I
have taken a look at them. I can see that he 'qualified' on Vultee Vengeance & Cyclone in 1943.
The records I have are more or...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2016, 06:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

BernieC, a long time ago (1960 ish) I took a...

BernieC, a long time ago (1960 ish) I took a boat out onto the salt marshes and retrieved a bomb release from a crashed bomber, no idea
what it was , but it had some very convincing bullet holes...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2016, 18:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Hello Danny, I know that my Father, who was there...

Hello Danny, I know that my Father, who was there at the same time as you,
and was involved in dropping supplies did not think much of Wingate.
Will be home(NZ) & reunited with his records soon,...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2016, 20:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Danny (your #8947), perhaps I should have...

Danny (your #8947),
perhaps I should have mentioned that my Grandmother, and the rest of the family
lived on a large estate with lots of Bothy's woodlands, farmland etc.
So undoubtedly the POW's...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2016, 13:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Italian POW's

Fareastdriver,
your #8935 reminded me that my Grandmother had several Italian POW's
billeted with her.
This was in Perthshire. They lived in a Bothy in the woods.
According to her they ate...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2016, 18:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Danny, I'll keep thinking and trying to remember,...

Danny, I'll keep thinking and trying to remember, possibly good for the brain.
He did tell me about getting a shave in bed, cut-throat raser, and tea brought
in the morning by the very people...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2016, 18:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Hello Sycamore, I did know that the Vengence...

Hello Sycamore,
I did know that the Vengence had a Wright, and I'm sure my father also
knew that. Still I now recall him, when I mentioned harmonic balancer
problems, telling me about the Pratt &...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2016, 14:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Hello Danny, searching in my memory I know my...

Hello Danny, searching in my memory I know my father travelled
on the SS Pasteur, and the Grace lines Santa Paula. I still have his crossing
the line certificate. , and I know that that he was...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2016, 20:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Danny, he was certainly at Drigh road. He...

Danny,
he was certainly at Drigh road. He bemoaned the lack of the flow bench
for carburetter setup which would certainly fit with the lack of manuals.
He did tell me they were assembled and then...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2016, 19:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Chatanooga

Hello Danny, somewhere in the photo's I got from my father there is one of
the Chatanooga Choo-Choo. He took it on the way to Nashville. I believe that
he did some Vengeance course there & possibly...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2016, 09:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Burmese Spitfires

My late Father told me of burying stuff, including Merlin engines at an
airfield in Scotland. The airfield was to be handed over to the Navy and
lots of stuff had to be got rid off. Before you go...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2016, 03:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

re: Fareastdrive & his Brothel visit. Love...

re: Fareastdrive & his Brothel visit.
Love lane, Georgetown. Funnily enough I rented a house in Love lane
for about 6 weeks about 5 years ago. Must be the same street.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2015, 09:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Vengeance

Hello Danny,
found it while looking for fathers logbook. I suppose
that he took it, but not sure. He did work in India assembling
the Vengeance. According to his F54? he went to Canada 34SFTS
and...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2015, 03:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

should be a photo of a vengeance

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww218/john_thomson_nz/vengeance2.jpg
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2015, 00:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

First solo

Mention of solo caused me to look for my fathers logbook, instead I found that
of my uncle Alastair who went solo on 16/12/1948 after 6 hours 45 mins training.
14 flights in a Tiger moth. 12...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2015, 07:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Broken propellers

Hello, maybe not the right place, but I remember my father (I am 73) telling me
about a flight from Leuchars, dropping leaflets (where, dont'no). After that the
aircraft was landed wheels up with...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2012, 02:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Spitfires again..

Don't know if this is old news, or correct, but am in Malaysia
just now. New Straits Times of 19/10/2012 mentions on page 29,
'Spitfires to be excavated'. 'Dozens of rare Spitfires buried in...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2012, 18:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By esa-aardvark

Vultee Vengeance

Hello Danny,
my late father was one of the people who assembled
these aircraft which were delivered in knocked-down
form from USA. Makes the story of the crated Spitfires
a bit believable for me....
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