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By: - 28th February 2020 at 10:07 Permalink
Miles Martinet
By: - 28th February 2020 at 10:31 Permalink
Thanks for that, I have rubbed over the brackets with wire wool and one of the stamps is MAL 31 which I presume is a Miles inspection stamp
By: - 28th February 2020 at 11:57 Permalink
Not one I recognise usually Miles stamps are P&P for Phillips & Powis. MAL 31 may relate to the aluminium type / strength?. If you clean it up a bit further you should find the part numbers if they are prefixed '25' it will confirm it as Martinet.
Kind regards,
Tim
By: - 28th February 2020 at 12:14 Permalink
Could the MAL31 inspection stamp be for Malcolm Ltd ?they specialised in Aircraft Hoods/Canopies.
Just a guess on my part.
By: - 28th February 2020 at 14:12 Permalink
Bazv,
That could very well be the case as R Malcolm Ltd certainly had a relationship with Miles. Did Malcolm Ltd go on to be ML Aviation Ltd?
By: - 28th February 2020 at 15:51 Permalink
Yes Tim - Malcolm sort of morphed into ML Aviation and ML Engineering.
By: - 29th February 2020 at 12:38 Permalink
Is that ML Aviation of inflatable wing fame?
By: - 29th February 2020 at 20:10 Permalink
Yes indeed AA - ML designed and built the ML Inflatable at White Waltham.
By: - 29th February 2020 at 21:29 Permalink - Edited 1st March 2020 at 09:58
Thanks to some expert digging by my partner there may be a better contender for the 'MAL31' Inspection Stamp.
From Wings over Woodley P107
Another wokingham based associated company was Metalair Ltd,which is believed to have specialised exclusively (although perhaps extensively would be more accurate) in making metal cockpit canopy frames for the Master and Martinet
My text in brackets
Metalair would certainly fit the bill for an MAL inspection stamp as that would be a normal type of company format,but once again of course I am not able to give a definite answer.
By: - 29th February 2020 at 21:39 Permalink - Edited 1st March 2020 at 10:00
Another great find by the boss :)
https://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/?home/&searchQuery=Metalair&startYea…
By: - 1st March 2020 at 15:56 Permalink
..... which company had nothing, I presume, to do with the construction of this (the Métalair 1)
By: - 1st March 2020 at 19:22 Permalink
R Malcolm also produced all the towing gear for all British assault gliders and tugs. In addition they made all the metal components of the Hafner Rotabuggy, to drawings supplied by Hafner’s team at the AFEE.
By: - 2nd March 2020 at 20:00 Permalink
Really interesting information great stuff. As R Malcolm were involved with glider towing gear did they also produce any of the target towing winches, especially the Type B IIa and IIb?
Kind regards,
Tim
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By: beachcomber - 28th February 2020 at 09:49 - Edited 28th February 2020 at 09:50
I came across this the other day can anyone identify it, there are the remains of camouflage paint over spray. Haven't found any inspection stamps yet.