mike1275

Ah now being the finest subsonic aircraft built I have a little collection of Vicky 10 bits and bobs. I bought the drawing a few years ago with some other ex - Weybridge sales documents.

You probably need something like this ;-)

Stunning pics it'll be a sad day when the Vicky 10's retire. I saw XR807 & XV109 land for the last time at Brunters they look beautiful and sound awesome. Looking forward to 50th anniversary in June at Brooklands. Thankfully the White Waltham lawn mower is getting some TLC ahead of the event :-) Mike

Some great collections there. I've been lucky enough to collect up a few bits and bobs over the years picking my favourite is tough. Vampire T11 XE921 Gun fairing Lightning Radome And what looks like my own bone yard at the moment while my storage is sorted, Canberraman may want to look away. I have probably the last mortal remains of VC10 C1K XR807, Canberra TT18 WK122, USMC McDD Harrier AV8B 163423 and Comet C4 G-BDIT formally XR395 which was the first delivered to the RAF and oddly as G-BDIT it starred in the Madness Wings of a Dove music video while at Blackbushe. As for favourites it's either my VC10 Conway LP Compressor blade or my HP Victor K1 panel which is currently getting a little liver by the day!!

Thanks for the welcome folks!! I've been following the forum for quite a while and I'm always in awe of the models being built. The manual is a superb piece of history and surpising that it's stilll around. When I compare it to the newer ones I have such as the VC10 or Trident it's amazing how much more information is in the Comet one especially as it's only part 1. It's great hearing the stories from the people who flew and worked on the aircraft especially some of the ingenuity demonstrated when things go wrong such as the tampon fix for a VC10 with a pressurisation fault!! VC10 tales I'm starting back into the hobby after 20+ years and it's clear I need some practice!! Cheers, Mike

Hi, I have the flight engineers manual for Comet 1a 5302 which was an RCAF machine. This has a whole section of dimensions so here you go: Cabin windows 1ft7in wide x 1ft5in Tall Overwing Escape hatch 1ft10in wide x 2ft2in tall Passenger Door 3ft2in wide x 5ft0in tall Crew access Door 3ft1in wide x 4ft8in tall Equipment bay door 2ft2in wide x 1ft10in tall Luggage bay door 3ft0in wide x 2ft9in tall Tail Fuselage access door 1ft8in wide x 1ft6in tall Rear Fuselage access door 1ft9in wide x 1ft11in tall Nose fuselage access door 1ft9in wide x 1ft4in tall Windscreen Panel D 1ft9in wide x 1ft3in tall - This looks to be the rearmost cockpit side window as it roughly matches a Comet C4 one I have Windscreen DV Window 1ft5in wide x 1ft3in Tall Windscreen Panel B 1ft3in wide x 3ft1in tall this is the trapezoidal front windscreen Windscreen Panel a 1ft0in wide x 2ft6in tall this is the rectangular screen. Hope this helps. Cheers, Mike