Conversation Between Eye on the Sky and Brisfitworks

Dean:

I literally just got back from lunch with a friend who I gave a box full of Hawker and Bulldog drawings to scan! All part of a process to try get all the groups on this planet to pool resources so we can reproduce or restore more aircraft that are neglected.

I have a huge pile of Glad drawings. Jack Bruce, when he was Keeper of Aircraft at RAF Museum, was kind enough to get me copies of a lot of documentation they had on file - manual photocopies, copies of micro-fiches they had and such.

The easiest way to work, at this stage is just compare drawing numbers and titles and drawing dates to try get a handle on what is the duplicates between us and what we might want to exchange to try round out the "collections".

I'll start compiling an elctronic list of all the Siskin stuff I have (I need to do it anyways so this is a good time to start).

How does that sound?

What are the five drawings you have, even to know that the drawing numbers are different would be exciting.

I could quickly make a list of drawing numbers I have:
M2311E
SISKIN 5 GA
SP1627
SP1862
SP1864
SP2652
SP2725
SP2736
SP2747
SP2844
SP2899
SP2943
SP2962
SP2987
SP3129
SP3176_17Apr23
SP3176_18Jul24
SP3216
SP3372
SP3382
SP3406
SP3427
SP3472
SP3706
SP3763
SP3795
SP3914
SP4097
SP4098
SP4320
SP4323
SP4451
SP4925
SP4965
SP5084
SP5086
SP5107
SP5116
SP5212
SP5271
SP6141
SP6143
SP6146
SP61838
SP6214
SP6240
SP6501
SP6699
SP6810
SP6814
SP7534
SP80762
SP90290
SP90317
SP90355
SP90356
SP90665
SP90671_Issue 2_1
SP90671_Issue 2_2
SP90672
SP90674
SP90700
SP90701
SP90702
SP90703
SP90707
SP90709
SP90718_Issue 1_1
SP90718_Issue 1_2
SP90781_Issue 4_1
SP90781_Issue 4_2
SP90908
SP90909
SP90910
SP90911
SP91702
SP91790
SP91867_Issue 1_1
SP91867_Issue 1_2
SP91868
SP91869
SP91909_Issue 1_1
SP91909_Issue 1_2
WTM107
WTM108

Hi Bill, I will get a list together, there are perhaps only 5 or so bluepints, I'm afraid I dont have a scanner so I can only do photographs or photocopies. The majority of the drawings are for the Gladiator, including a colour scheme fo a Met Flight Gladiator. Let me know how you would like to tackle this. Thanks for contacting me, nice to hear from you!

All the best,

Dean

Dean:

I only just discovered this forum while looking for a Gladiator photo to help a fellow Oz understand how complicated an aircraft this is to build. When I searched for my favorite the Siskin, I bumped into a wealth of info that didn't exist only a few years ago!

I too have managed to stumble into having a surprising collection of between the war blueprints. The problem is that only people like us can easily get this info out to others - manufacturers are tied up by paranoia about liability and museums are happered by beaurocrats.

Could we exchange lists of drawings to try catalogue what we have and try complete sets for particular types. I have a very large collection of Gladiator drawings and Bulldog and everything Hawker-Siddeley had for A-W Siskin and related types.

Cheers, Bill