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By: - 18th July 2012 at 18:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
i almost bid on that on ebay :rolleyes:
By: - 18th July 2012 at 18:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I would suggest it is a rigging board.
By: - 18th July 2012 at 18:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
One of the great joys of teaching DT. To hold aloft a piece of timber and ask 'Right, has everyone got wood?' Nice piece.
By: - 18th July 2012 at 18:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yep, looks like a rigging board :)
By: - 18th July 2012 at 22:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
re;
is there any Gauntlet left to build a new one from? Will we see Glosters join the ranks of virtually extinct Hawker bi planes? I hope so!
By: - 18th July 2012 at 22:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I don't think it flys very often, and has a modern engine. It might be possible to clone it?
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gauntlet.htm
Robert M.
By: - 19th July 2012 at 01:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I don't think it flys very often, and has a modern engine. It might be possible to clone it?http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gauntlet.htm
Robert M.
It flies in several airshows every summer here in Finland, has an Alvis Leonides engine, from an ex Finnish AF Pembroke, though...
By: - 19th July 2012 at 08:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well bu**er me. I knew a Finnish museum had the only original Gauntlet left in existence, but never realised it was airworthy too :)
Rob
By: - 19th July 2012 at 09:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great to see the Gauntlet flying, at least the Leonides suits it quite well, the type was flight tested pre-war on a Bulldog.
The engine is from Pembroke C.52 PR-2 which the museum has in store I believe.
By: - 19th July 2012 at 09:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I remember reading an article on the Gauntlet rebuild, in a copy of Vintage Aircraft, many years ago, I think they also had the remains of another set of wings & other bits, so a 2nd Gauntlet is a remote possibillity, but possible non the less. They had the remains of the Mercury VI engine, but it was very incomplete etc, so they used the Alvis engine instead, which meant that they had to make the front end of the fuselage about 6 inches or so longer than it was originaly, to compensate for the lighter engine.
Ever since reading the article, I've been meaning to go to Finland to see her fly, but still ain't got round to it yet :(.
Bob T.
By: - 19th July 2012 at 12:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are several good clips of the Finnish Gauntlet on YouTube (none of them mine, I hasten to point out), my favourite being the one I've linked to below. It's footage from an evening flight, great sound and atmospheric lighting, and no background noise as it wasn't filmed at a show. Enjoy!
By: - 19th July 2012 at 20:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great vid Ant, is that at one of the midnight show outings?
By: - 19th July 2012 at 22:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sorry mate, I don't know. The Gauntlet was at the Jami Fly-In a few weeks ago, and it was while rummaging for footage of the it there that I bumped into the above link filmed the previous year. It went straight in my favourites, so when this thread came up I thought I'd share it.
By: - 20th July 2012 at 17:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That video was made at Kymi Airfield, SE Finland, where the Gauntlet is based. They also have a small aviation museum there, gliders and ex AF jets mostly.
Regarding the engine, Pembroke PR-2 at Finnish AF Museumum has both engines, so this one has to be from PR-1, which does not exist anymore.
By: - 20th July 2012 at 18:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
My understanding is that PR-2 is in a dismantled state in the museum store and had donated an engine to the Gauntlet?
Post#58 here, http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33512&page=2 seems to go with that as well,
PR-1 was written off after hitting a snow bank in 1965, but maybe componants were kept from it.
By: - 21st July 2012 at 00:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
My understanding is that PR-2 is in a dismantled state in the museum store and had donated an engine to the Gauntlet?
Post#58 here, http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33512&page=2 seems to go with that as well,
PR-1 was written off after hitting a snow bank in 1965, but maybe componants were kept from it.
May be also from PR-2, but I would have expected the engines of PR-1 having been available for the Gauntlet, as they were not damaged in the incident. Not sure though...
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By: sopwith.7f1 - 18th July 2012 at 18:19 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
Due to the date stamped on it (21/11/39), I believe that this bit of wood was used in the maintenance of Gloster Gauntlets & Gladiators, rather than during their manufacture at the factory.
It has stamped on it-
GLADIATOR & GAUNTLET
STRAIGHT EDGE FOR FUSELAGE
DRG NO 12891/2
21/11/39
A.I.D. 8
& is approx 32"x3"x3/4".
Anyone have any ideas as to its exact purpose ?, or have a use for it ?.
Bob T.