New Comper
 

Wow what a great effort and I hope they have Pobjoy couplings on the mag drives and not DH Gypsy ones. The engine can take a hand crank (the swallow could have one) and the Niagra could be fitted with an electric unit. There is a lot of work just in the exhaust ring.

Interesting, i think you have it mixed up with another swift? This one is a new build! Taken Phil many many years! And built to the plans....

Ron Clears Comper was G-ACTF

Which is still in existence at Old Warden with the Shuttleworth collection

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....we are very very close now. We have the tame test pilot and the owner in the same place at the same time. The engine issue that has been holding it up for the last few weeks has been solved!
Updated photos and a little tease video added to the set.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupper...57651213308891

She flies..
 

......first flight was flown today..Well done Phil and the tame test pilot!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupper...posted-public/
more photos and video to follow this evening....
what a great sight and sound!

Well its done...
 

..first 2 flights have been done on a perfect day at Hinton. One small issue after the first flight was fixed and the second flight went so well we did some A2A.
Phil is very happy and the tame test pilot is happy to let him do the rest of the test program.
Here are the photos, video to follow next. Nigel also took loads and has a much better set of A2A.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupper...57659389527425

What's A2A? Sounds like anti-alcoholism or some such nonsense.

The video...
 

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The flight starts at 4:40 if you dont want to watch the swinging bits! :mad:
A2A video.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupper.../in/datetaken/ Phil was in the front of my cub watching his swift flying. Not sure that's going to happen again. As he will be sat in it from now on!

""""""What's A2A? Sounds like anti-alcoholism or some such nonsense.""""""




A2A = Air to air................

Yet ANother Swift Replica Project
 

Hullo - I'm a bit late to this conversation, but shall still hope for a comment or too (and advice is humbly solicited!).

I'm in the early stages of a Swift replica build in New Mexico, USA. It's on a 'time permits' basis, and I'm enjoying the metalwork enough not to want to rush, so I have no idea when it will be finished.

I do intend to use a Gipsy Major as the density altitude here might be rather a stretch for a Pobjoy.

My wife blames Alex Henshaw, as I became enamoured of this complicated little beast after reading"Flight Of The Mew Gull".

Such, as Ned Kelly said, is life.