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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 13, 2015 10:39:10 GMT 12
A clipping from a community paper so you may have to work around the journalism.   |
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Post by davidd on Aug 13, 2015 13:30:20 GMT 12
Re the Hydromatic props, according to a history of the DH Propeller division ("Enterprise in Airscrews", Flight magazine of 2 March 1956, although author, or authors not stated, apparently on the staff), most of those fitted to British built aircraft during WW2 were assembled with American-made parts supplied under Lend-Lease but with some local input (presume the part that included the spline for sliding over British specification propeller shaft). However I think that the earliest production in UK may have been all-local (but manufactured using imported machine tools), for types such as the DH Flamingo. According to this article, " ... in 1942, difficulty in obtaining specialized American machine tools had hindered the expansion of Hydromatic production. The Merlin-engine Lancaster was one of the types for which the rack-and-pinion airscrews were intended, but production was postponed when large quantities of American-built Hydromatics suitable for the Lancaster became available under lease-lend. Production was later resumed for the Mosquito, but the rack-and-pinion (airscrew) eventually gave way in favour of the Hydromatic." The extent of this importation of Hydromatics is shown in a few statistics which appear in this article; Up to September 1939, DH had delivered some 10,000 Hamilton-type props in the first 4 years of the company, and during WW2 the company delivered more than 100,000 props (most to RAF), and "nearly 38,000 assembled from American parts". Peak deliveries in WW2 were in June 1944, when about 1,300 a week were being turned out, including a small proportion from the Australian subsidiary.
David D
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Post by komata on Aug 13, 2015 15:57:43 GMT 12
baronbeeza:
The aircraft in the photograph that (Mrs?) Edwards is holding? An RCAF Fairey Battle perhaps (Too much reflection on the glass covering the photo to see)?
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 13, 2015 16:04:58 GMT 12
baronbeeza: The aircraft in the photograph that (Mrs?) Edwards is holding? An RCAF Fairey Battle perhaps (Too much reflection on the glass covering the photo to see)? Very possible. Chambers undertook part of his training in Canada, having left New Zealand for there on the Awatea on 5 November 1940. Errol |
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 13, 2015 16:21:59 GMT 12
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Post by mumbles on Aug 13, 2015 22:20:12 GMT 12
Is it just me or does this shot not look contemporaneous to all the others? Very sharp, glossy looking finish, different coloured spinners and "ED" serial when other shots show the genuine "NX" serials of the aircraft used for filming. The bomb also looks like the real thing, which the movie examples notably didn't as the details were still secret in 1954. Curious  |
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 14, 2015 0:09:47 GMT 12
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Post by Ian Warren on Aug 18, 2015 17:05:34 GMT 12
Supreme movie as old as it is, one that will never loose its charm , Michael Redgrave as old Barnes, .... It still like the line " could we use a Wellington bomber .. 'No they are like hen teeth' .. Well if you told then I designed it " .. CLASSIC !
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 18, 2015 17:27:37 GMT 12
It may not have been quite so secret in 1955 however.   I would imagine the guy that drafted this letter had missed out on a ticket to the Premiere ! a). Peeved and grumpy b). Wasn't aware of the content of the movie... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 18, 2015 17:47:32 GMT 12
Apart from the squareness of the bomb that diagram doesn't really show anything different from what the book, 1954 radio series and the 1954 film had already disclosed, surely?
Was Les living in Westport back then?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 18, 2015 17:49:39 GMT 12
Supreme movie as old as it is, one that will never loose its charm , Michael Redgrave as old Barnes, .... It still like the line " could we use a Wellington bomber .. 'No they are like hen teeth' .. Well if you told then I designed it " .. CLASSIC ! Yep, one of the goofs in the film. He did not design the Wellington. He designed the structure system it was made with but the Wellington was actually designed by Reginald Pierson! |
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Post by Ian Warren on Aug 18, 2015 18:47:26 GMT 12
Part and parcel with ole movies , for the lame brains , but if you were to try and explain that to those very types the tecmo dev off the period ... that could be a Dam Buster Mission in itself
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Post by SEAN on Oct 20, 2015 5:24:04 GMT 12
I thought there was another tread on this, but I could not find it..... Anyway the rumours that five Lancaster's were / are stored next to where I work have now proven to be true, as over the last few days I have seen three truckloads of Lancaster parts being put back into storage. These included wings, and engines and other big parts. The trucks were uncovered, so they were not trying to hide anything. Have no idea where they came from but I am guessing Masterton, as that was where there were seen last. Not sure if this means they are going back into storage as there is no further need for them (no film), or they may have finished some filming.... hopefully someone here might know. I know Peter Jackson stores a lot of his stuff here as we are always seeing his WW1 tanks and buses etc being moved in or out usually in the weeks up to ANZAC day.
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Post by pjw4118 on Oct 21, 2015 17:28:16 GMT 12
Any pictures ??
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Post by SEAN on Oct 21, 2015 19:56:00 GMT 12
No was having a cuppa all three times and did not have my phone.
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Post by Ian Warren on Oct 21, 2015 22:02:37 GMT 12
I know it has been done to death ... the Dam attacks, the historical paintings will be very hard to compete, I would like to do something and approach this ... a new perspective so to speak, the 55 movie, truly they could not have chosen a more perfect casting.
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Post by SEAN on Oct 30, 2015 9:25:40 GMT 12
Another 3 trucks full yesterday, and I actually managed to get a photo this morning. Wherever they were, they are not there now, as they would all seem to now be in storage. Interestingly this truck was followed by what looked like an old Hobbit or LOR boat...
i31.photobucket.com/albums/c391/Sean1552/PARTS_zpscajbfx1w.jpg ![]()
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Post by SEAN on Oct 30, 2015 11:10:48 GMT 12
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Post by pjw4118 on Oct 30, 2015 14:38:54 GMT 12
Great spotting Sean. When I am in Wellington next I must come and visit, or just ask Gene DeMarco for a key !
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Post by SEAN on Dec 1, 2015 11:33:48 GMT 12
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