Some aircraft parts I picked up in Lincoln
Here you go, have a matching PTR175…
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As you go up the hill on the right. I forget what it's called but has a window festooned with aircraft parts among other things.
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I thought about donating my Decometer to Newark Air Museum when I was informed that they had obtained a Puma. I went down to see it and realised it would be pointless in view of the fact that it didn’t even have an instrument panel! It’s little more than a bare shell.
I thought about donating my Decometer to Newark Air Museum when I was informed that they had obtained a Puma. I went down to see it and realised it would be pointless in view of the fact that it didn’t even have an instrument panel! It’s little more than a bare shell.
You can see it here and watch the film, it will eventually have someone who flew them doing a cockpit walk around.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53922167@N05/]Martin Laycock
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Try this. Fuel planning was in kg, fuel delivered in litres, main tank gauges in Imp gallons, aux tank gauges in US gallons. In the days before electronic calculators !!
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You can see it here and watch the film, it will eventually have someone who flew them doing a cockpit walk around.
But maybe I’ll visit it for old times sake.
Just curious but which shop are we talking about? I just spent a few days near Lincoln and may have missed a major attraction… although me credit card may hold a different opinion of course.
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Thank you for the replies. All very interesting.
Is there any way to determine that said part came from said aircraft? At all possible to determine if it actually came from an aircraft and not a spare, off a boat etc?
I have a Vulcan fuel gauge. It has `bay` written on it so I assume it was used in the servicing bay for calibration and not necessarily from an actual aircraft?
Is there any way to determine that said part came from said aircraft? At all possible to determine if it actually came from an aircraft and not a spare, off a boat etc?
I have a Vulcan fuel gauge. It has `bay` written on it so I assume it was used in the servicing bay for calibration and not necessarily from an actual aircraft?
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https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-...t-part-numbers
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First flew 222 Nov 82 and last Jan 92.
It now resides in the superb Ulster Aviation Society collection at Maze, Long Kesh where I am a tour guide.
It is pretty well complete, just missing a PTR 175 and a decometer……
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It now resides in the superb Ulster Aviation Society collection at Maze, Long Kesh where I am a tour guide.
It is pretty well complete, just missing a PTR 175 and a decometer……
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The details on the back of the gauge are;
SMITHS: FUEL CONTENTS GAUGE
CODE: LK 86
SER NO. B1 -26804
MOD NO. 01 02
and a sticker on the side with 6A 6629 written on it
The rear has 12 screws, several with a wire cut off and marked a-p.
The details for the nav box are;
MK 8A RX CONTROL PANEL
TYPE 918 SER NO 285 WR 630
DECCA NAVIGATOR CO LTD
MADE IN ENGLAND
HAND WRITTEN ON THE DEVICE 5826 99-945-0478
The reverse has what appears to be an RS232 connector of some sort.
btw are these things safe to open. Any nasties like radium, asbestos? I'm keen to see if I can get the nav box lamps to work for a model I'm building.
Any confirmation what aircraft these bits came from would be interesting.
SMITHS: FUEL CONTENTS GAUGE
CODE: LK 86
SER NO. B1 -26804
MOD NO. 01 02
and a sticker on the side with 6A 6629 written on it
The rear has 12 screws, several with a wire cut off and marked a-p.
The details for the nav box are;
MK 8A RX CONTROL PANEL
TYPE 918 SER NO 285 WR 630
DECCA NAVIGATOR CO LTD
MADE IN ENGLAND
HAND WRITTEN ON THE DEVICE 5826 99-945-0478
The reverse has what appears to be an RS232 connector of some sort.
btw are these things safe to open. Any nasties like radium, asbestos? I'm keen to see if I can get the nav box lamps to work for a model I'm building.
Any confirmation what aircraft these bits came from would be interesting.
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The Decca Mk 8A was an airborne receiver unit and the control unit was Type 918. The Mk 8 and 8A were fitted to both civil and military aircraft. I was at RRE Pershore 1966 to 1970 and worked with Decca Navigator Type 990 known in the RAF as the Mk 1(Air) which was I understand based on the Mk 9 system with enhancements. It was installed on a number of Canberras and the Varsity aircraft operated by the RRE. When I left in 1970 we had installed a couple of Decca Mk 15 systems on Canberras.
As I recall there are no "nasties" inside to be aware of if you want to open them up. Typical of the time you will will find capacitors, resistors lots of relays, valves, crystals and maybe the odd transistor. The following link to a historical Decca site may be of interest as it refers to some of the aircraft types that used Decca Navigator.
Decca Navigator - Airborne Receivers and Indicators (jproc.ca)
As I recall there are no "nasties" inside to be aware of if you want to open them up. Typical of the time you will will find capacitors, resistors lots of relays, valves, crystals and maybe the odd transistor. The following link to a historical Decca site may be of interest as it refers to some of the aircraft types that used Decca Navigator.
Decca Navigator - Airborne Receivers and Indicators (jproc.ca)
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That's very interesting thanks. So the Mk8 was fitted to some Valiants. Unlikely mine was but it's representative so will go nicely with my model.
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Just looked at a map. Yes Steep Hill; runs South from near the West door of the Cathedral.
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Next to a very nice model shop. There is also an interesting antique shop that often has some militaria. A book shop and a couple of nice pubs. Be more Kate Bush.
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At the RAE Farnborough , early sixties we had Decca in the Varsity, two Hastings and for a short time in Comet 2 XN453, (Decca in the cockpit and Decca Loran and Litton Omega down the back with the boffins).
In general the Decca worked quite well.
In general the Decca worked quite well.