Gary_Lewis

Hi Mark, The posting was only meant as hopefully interesting and possible useful reference material for you modeling guys, l'm more than happy to remove the video if its against the rules, thanks for pointing this out to me.

Aircraft radiators and how to model them have on occasion been the topic on this excellent forum, for the Hawker Hurricane and Typhoon to name but two. l have recently completed a video about the Hawker Typhoon and the company who manufactured the radiator and oil cooler for it and for many other classic aircraft too such as the Spitfire, Lancaster and Mosquito. I hope you enjoy watching the video that l believe will provide modellers with plenty of useful photographic reference material. <CONTENT REMOVED - PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR INFO>

Hi Pete, sorted a couple of Wessex photos out for you, although a few other types are shown too, Puma for one. I do have a number of old vintage black and white photographs, attached below - maybe you can identify some of them? In the 70s/80s I worked for a company called Serck Heat Transfer who manufactured oil coolers and radiators for some of the most iconic aircraft in British History - Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Mosquito, Harrier, Concorde to name but a few.... helicopters too including the Wessex. Hope you enjoy looking at them RAF Westland Wessex by Gary Lewis, on Flickr RAF Westland Wessex. by Gary Lewis, on Flickr RAF Puma by Gary Lewis, on Flickr Serck Helicopter Pictures by Gary Lewis, on Flickr

Thanks Pete, appreciate the reply and the welcome. Do you have a particular favourite aircraft type? Or I could just share a few random shots with you for now... like this RAF F4 Phantom that also attended the 1975 Gaydon Air Display - RAF F4 Phantom by Gary Lewis, on Flickr

Thank you for accepting me into this great forum. As a keen aviation photographer and model builder for over 45 years starting in the 1970's I mainly used either Kodak or Agfa 35 mm colour slide film. A recent decision to digitally convert/transfer the best of many thousands taken has meant going through box after box of slides and its proved to be a real trip down memory lane. The very first photos taken were of Lancaster PA474 , an aircraft I have never got tired of seeing / hearing and photographing. These pictures were taken at the RAF Gaydon Air Display on the 17th August 1975 and as you can see my early photographic efforts weren't particularly anything to write home about, as at 16 years of age l still had a bit of height to gain, but they were the 'First of Many" so are rather special to me and they do flag up a number of interesting points including the lack of the mid upper turret. The pilot on the day I think was Ken Sneller with "Jacko" Jackson as Co-pilot... what a sight and sound it was being that close... I have been hooked ever since". Also from the 1970s is a First Day Cover signed by Ken Sneller which was flown in PA from the Stafford Open Day later the same year. Shown too is a photo of the front cover for the book 'Veteran and Vintage Aircraft' by Leslie Hunt published in 1974. It shows PA over-flying a Shuttleworth display at Old Warden around 1973, any ideas at what height we are looking at there? Barnes Wallis' bouncing bomb was dropped at 60ft I believe. Has PA ever been photographed lower? I hope to upload more from my archives as the digitalisation progresses during the next few months. RAF Gaydon slides, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr PA474 RAF Gaydon, 1975 by Gary Lewis, on Flickr FDC, signed Ken Sneller by Gary Lewis, on Flickr Veteran & Vintage cover by Gary Lewis, on Flickr [/quote]