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Miles Master Throttle (pg4 cont)
This is a superb complete fully
functional throttle box from a Miles Master seen in situ under.
In January 1939 large extensions to the Miles factory were
completed and opened by the Secretary of State for Air. These
were necessary to cope with a large contract for the Master I
high-speed advanced training monoplane: a two-seater powered by
a 536kW Rolls-Royce Kestrel 30 engine. Nine hundred were built.
Soon after the outbreak of World War II, the prototype Master
II flew for the first time. It was based on the Master I but
powered by a 648kW Bristol Mercury XX radial engine. Production
amounted to approximately 1,800 aircraft, a number of which were
sent to South Africa. Master IIs were also acquired by the air
forces of Egypt, Portugal and Turkey. One Master II was used in
connection with rocket experiments.
The Master III was a further development of the Master
series, powered by a 615kW Pratt & Whitney R-1535-SB4G Wasp
Junior radial engine. A total of 602 was built. Maximum level
speed was 372km/h.
It went through a number of variants according to engine
availability and was even modified as an emergency fighter
during the Battle of Britain.
£1200
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Lancaster suction cock (pg4 cont)
This is an extremely rare piece.
It is mounted on the main panel of the Lancaster and and
controls suction on the engine fuel pumps. Also fitted top
Mosquitoes and probably other RAF Wartime aircraft.
Seen in situ in a
Lancaster under
£275
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Inertia lock (pg4 cont)
Unknown aircraft inertial lock
fitted to seat. With cable and handle.
£45
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Generator running (pg4 cont)
£45
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Lancaster Air Mileage unit (pg4 cont)
A/M 6B/249
Used by the
navigation in conjunction with the true coarse indicator in the
Lancaster.
N/A
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Handley Page Victor
throttle To see details of this
Throttle click on the picture to be taken to Jets page 7. You
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Mk TIC Seafire equipped with RATOG
(rocket-assisted take-off gear) from the RAE Farnborough carried
Out trials aboard
HMS Illustrious.
The RATOG trials were the direct result of the fact that, other
than Fleet carriers of the Illustrious class, the Navy's
carriers did not have catapults compatible with the spigots and
spools of the Seafire, rockets thus being the only readily
available means of shortening take-offs.The trials
aboard Illustrious were pronounced successful and subsequent
production Seafires were provided with RATOG attachment points.
Rocket assisted take-off
was used as an alternative to
catapult launching for heavily loaded aircraft, or in low wind
conditions. One or two rockets were fitted in jettisonable
carriers each side of the fuselage, above the wing-root and
angled up. The rockets were fired at a pre-calculated distance
from the start of the take-off run determined according to
aircraft weight, wind speed and take-off run available.
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Seafire RATOC Control (pg4 cont)
This is a very rare piece. The control unit
for operating the Rocket assisted take off on Seafires from Aircraft
Carriers. Mint in its original box.
A/M 5CZ/3077
£89
See
Seafire RATO seat MOD Mount (pg1 air )
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Click on picture to see details of this Hunter
grip in Jets page 7.
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this control Column and grip on Jets page 7, click back on your
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Click on the picture to see details of this
control column and grip
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Drawing of a
Lancaster trim unit
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Lancaster trim
wheel located to the right of the seat
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Trim Control Unit(pg4 cont) Sorry I haven't
yet identified the aircraft this belonged to and
will offer £20 to spend on the
website to anyone who can identify this very nice trim unit. It
is in great condition and fully functional. I can't help
thinking this would be a good substitute for someone building a
Lancaster Cockpit as original Lancaster ones are impossible to
get.
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£375
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