Recent content by Larrythepilot

Hello Wurger, All the information you provided really got me thinking. First, I went to the museum and found that we do indeed have an Astro Compass. We even have the original carrying case. I brought the Astro Compass home and installed it on the mount that you correctly identified. See...

Wurger, that's really neat! We may well have an Astro Compass. I'll check in the next day or two. Where in the cockpit was the permanent mount located? Could you direct me to a good picture? Thank you for this. Larry

In our museum, we have a display case of "orphan" items. We know what each item is (at least we think we do), but we have no other parts it relates to, so it in an "orphan." One such item is a "Compass Mount -- Magnetic compass mounting bracket from a British Lancaster bomber." At least that's...

Thank you for the explanation, Eng. Now I better understand what was going on at the time. Larry

Yes, we have a contact where the engine is located, but that person has not been very helpful. However we do now have 2 additional leads where we may get some assistance. We'll see how that goes.

OK, thank you for the additional information. Are the H-S counterweight props just variable pitch, but not constant speed? I understand modern props with governors, that maintain a constant engine rpm by changing the prop pitch; hence "governor". I know some older props were just variable...

OK, thank you Engineman. With your research and several responses to my inquiry, I believe we have sufficient information to create an intelligent exhibit sign to go with the propeller hub, spider, and governor cylinder parts we are cleaning up. After we finish cleaning and assembly, I'll post a...

I have asked Joe for additional pictures. I'll post them when I get them. Thanks for the response. Larry

Here is another prop hub item that Joe Clegg has cleaned up. It is perhaps a propeller governor part? 2 pictures are attached. The number on the end of the shaft is 74147. Joe didn't see any other numbers . Any idea what prop it is from? What airplane(s) it might have been used on? Thanks for...

I don't know the answer to your question, Special Ed. I don't know where those records might be. The individual parts were part of larger assemblies. But nobody apparently cared about them. They were just landfilled near the base dump. You find a part; you have no idea what it went with or on.

OK, but how do I identify such a shop, from across the Atlantic Ocean? And oh-BWT, I don't speak/read any French. I'm in hopes that a local person will come forward, and coordinate getting this accomplished for us. ..... Thanks for the suggestion. Larry

The reason we need to remove the extraneous parts is to make it smaller and lighter. It will be coming to the US in a corporate jet. Weight and space is an issue. Also, it needs to be strapped down, or crated, for safety reasons.

Thank you, Wurger.

Larry Bothe here, the Curator of the the Freeman Army Airfield Museum in Seymour, Indiana, USA. From time to time I post in this forum to get help with identifying WWII aircraft parts that we have in storage. I am posting today with a very different sort of request. Our museum has acquired, by...

The Freeman Army Airfield Museum has a storage room we call the Dig Room. It contains items that were here during the Evaluation Period, right after WWII, were land-filled after the base closed, dug up later (late 90's), that have not been cleaned up and identified. Mostly, they are things we...