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You might want to take a look here: jamesfaheydotsmugmugdotcomslashse5a Cheers, Willem

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Did you try the link on Scalemates? I got a warning in my browser (Google Chrome) that the connection is unsafe, but it works all the same. Cheers, Willem

Hello, Does anyone who has access to Bob Gardners books on British propeller makers of WWI, know of Watling & Son of Great Yarmouth? I only found a one- line reference of this company in "E.L.T.A. The First Aviation Exhibition Amsterdam”. The author, Rob Mulder, mentions that Watling & Son of Great Yarmouth, made most of the propellers for the Rolls-Royce engines for the Handley Page, (the majority being four-bladers for all the HP O/400’s) and the Vickers Vimy. However, I can’t find any references to Watling & Son or their logo (if any) anywhere on the Internet. Specifically, I am looking for information on the two-bladed props of the Handley Page V/1500 (although these may have been made by a different manufacturer. In the drawings of Windsock Datafile 164, 2 different two-bladed props have been drawn: On is designated AB 8580 (54.5 mm in 1/72) and the other one AB 8422 (56 mm in 1/72). The engines were arranged in two tandem pairs, mounted in the gap between the mainplanes. The front engine of each pair drove a two-blade air- screw, the rear a four-blader. On production V/1500s the diameters of these air- screws were 13 ft. 5 in. and 10 ft. 4 in. respectively. I am told that the information I'm looking for is in "British Propeller Makers of WWI: Part Five" by Bob Gardner. I wonder if any of this forum's members has this book and may be able to help me. Thanks in advance, Willem

Have you checked enginesandthings.com? Willem

Hi Andre, I found this in a Dutch book about Fokker aircraft by Thijs Postma. I hope you can use it. Kind regrads, Willem

I do not know a lot about this aircraft, but there is a gentleman on https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ who is i.m.o.o. an expert on these aircraft. Maybe this link wil help you to contact him: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11501.0 Willem

I do not know a lot about this aircraft, but there is a gentleman on https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ who is i.m.o.o. an expert on these aircraft. Maybe this link wil help you to contact him: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11501.0 Willem

Hi Leyreynolds, I have looked up the Morane-Saulnier L in "French Aircraft of the First World War" by Davilla & Soltan. There are several photographs of the 'L' type, but unfortunately not the one flown by Roland Garros. Regards, Willem

Nevertheless jaw-droppingly magnificent

To be honest, I have been following this build since February 1917, and I feel I can no longer keep quiet. You do an stunning job! This, and the build of the engines are out of this world! I learned so much from both your build and your painting and airbrushing techniques. Thank you Krow!

Plus the quantaties can't be correct since they are sold out for a long time.

Does anyone know this and/or believe this: https://www.feelfrench.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_36_37_38_39&products_id=20532 Yes, I know, when it is almost to good to true, it usually is... Willem

Sorry, I didn't know that. I suppose that means I can't post this message at all... 😏

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Hello Ossington, thanks for that information.

Thank you Ivor Ramsden and Vicarage Vee. I will post the photos on the Flypast Historic forum en see what turns up. Willem

These are parts of (an) aircraft that was were salvaged of the coast of Ameland and Rotummerplaat, two Dutch islands in the Wadden sea. They are displayed in the open air near the Hotel Bernstorff on Schiermonnikoog. There are questions about the provenance of the propeller. Does anyone have a clue? The plaque on the tailplane reads: "On November the 8th 1942 a four-engined bomber crashed on the Rottumerplaat. This aircraft, a Handley Page Halifax was part of "Operation Gardening". The object was to lay minefields North of the Wadden Isles to hinder German shipping. All the crewmembers were killed in the crash.” The plaque on the propeller reads: “This propeller of an allied bomber was dredged up by a Zoutkamper fisherman above Ameland. Unfortunately it is unknown of what aircraft is, be we hope to be able to retrieve its provenance”