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Offline drdave

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Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« on: February 16, 2015, 06:35:45 AM »
A small sample. More when I'm home next week.









I took these with the iPad, but I got some HD detail pics with my SLR I'll upload next week.

Offline Nigel Jackson

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 09:04:11 AM »
I'll be looking forward to the extra photos, Dave, especially as I have a Blue Max 1/48 Sopwith Dolphin in the stash.

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 09:07:43 AM »
Thanks Dave for the photos, I am also looking forward to seeing the extra photos.

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 09:19:32 AM »
Nigel I was leafing thru this new cross and cockade book on the Dolphin at the museum. Very nice. 25 quid. I'm sure WNW must be planning one. Ugly though. The Albatros replica was stunning. Like a piece of fine art.

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 05:29:15 PM »
Nigel I was leafing thru this new cross and cockade book on the Dolphin at the museum. Very nice. 25 quid. I'm sure WNW must be planning one. Ugly though. The Albatros replica was stunning. Like a piece of fine art.

Again, thanks, Dave. It sounds as if the Dolphin book could be a Father's Day present from the family! When I paid a lightening visit to the museum - unaccountably without camera - I was much struck by the Albatros but very disappointed with the way in which the D.VII was displayed - perhaps it was an issue of available space.

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2015, 02:31:00 AM »
Thanks so much for posting these DrDave, some great detail shots.

I do have a question for you or the others here: on the starboard side of the observer's office there appears to be a wooden handle clipped/secured to the sidewall. What is this?  What is it for? (Funny, it reminds me of the stick I used to keep when I was a TC on M113's. I used it to beat my driver about the head and shoulders when our commo would go out to tell him to turn left or right, stop, go, back up, etc. I wonder if it served a similar purpose for the observer?) ;)

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2015, 02:41:51 AM »
Thanks for the photos, Dave.  I'm looking forward to seeing
the others.  What a special place to walk through!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2015, 03:25:09 AM »
Another great day! Went to the Shuttleworth collection.  Biff and SE5a weren't available and the Tripes away, but still terrific. The Spit VC is stripped bare too.

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2015, 04:07:33 AM »
I would love to be able to take a UK aviation tour one day.

Envious Warren

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2015, 11:28:28 AM »
Warren, if you're talking about the RE8, it's the observer's control column. It's connected to the elevator controls and was also on the FK8: if the pilot was incapacitated the observer could have some form of control. If you look at pics of the outer starboard side on the FK8 you'll see the linkage, I seem to recall it was internal on the RE8.


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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2015, 12:53:58 PM »
Thanks Ian, that makes perfect sense, but it's just odd (to me at least) to see it sitting to the side and horizontal instead of vertical, etc. (Come to think of it, my stick was my "control column" for my driver. ;)  )

I'd love to see more images of this aircraft if anyone should drop in and is will to take and post the shots.

Warren

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2015, 07:42:50 PM »
I've got more on the camera but I'm away from home. I'll post them after the weekend

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2015, 10:05:06 PM »
I haven't been since they reorganised it & moved the Biff & Fee over. Looks a lot more crowded - I can feel a trip coming on!

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2015, 10:01:46 AM »
Me too !

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Re: Day trip to the Grahame white factory
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2015, 11:25:20 AM »
Nice, thanks for posting those up :)
James