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By: - 30th April 2024 at 10:25 Permalink
I hope that those pretty yellow straps are up to the job of restraining that beast of an engine in heavy seas.
By: - 30th April 2024 at 13:15 Permalink
That's something I'd like to hear running. The only sound clip I ever heard sounded startlingly like a Tucano, that sort of hoover drone.
By: - 1st May 2024 at 14:12 Permalink
DEEP JOY !!!
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By: - 2nd May 2024 at 22:49 Permalink
Hi All,
Great news that it is finally happening especially having watched the 3Pt video, what a site to behold when the Tempest makes that leap into the air.
One thing that worries me about the 1st picture as already pointed out by Aerotony the straps look a bit suspect for a heavy lump on a wheeled dolly.
I drove Heavy good wagons for many years and I can honestly say it does not matter how many straps you have on goods, if they are not packed in on all sides when single objects like that engine they will give, stretch and loosen with the motion inside that container as weight transference take place during it's journey. (Especially on casters/wheels they should be chocked tightly as an extra precaution)
Geoff.
By: - 3rd May 2024 at 10:34 Permalink
I have to agree , i hope it is more secure that it looks, and the trolley on on wheels as well ---yikes.
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By: Prop Strike - 30th April 2024 at 09:24 - Edited 30th April 2024 at 09:26
Kermit weeks has just loaded his Hawker Tempest V into two containers, ready for dispatch to Richard Grace at Sywell.
That Napier Sabre is such a brute ! ( photos via Kermit Weeks fb)
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