NPL Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Hyperscale has an announcement today about a collection of Edgar's notes about the Spitfire for free downloading. I already got my copy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 indeed thank you for pointing that out. The actual link is here on Jon Bius' blog http://www.jonbius.com/edgar-brooks-spitfire-notes/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 An excellent idea. I'm sure that there is much more to come and that the current listing is only a fragment of the useful postings Edgar has made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great news, I've Downloaded it already. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Hi, There is a suggestion on hyperscale that it should be all a/c types So i have forwarded the 'stuff' edgar sent me to the site e mail contact and will search my hard drive for anything else edgar sent me hopefully we can all find and send what we have It is a great idea as a memorial cheers jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayh Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Very informative , Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Since Edgar never wanted to write a book, our revenge will be to do the job for him! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Funny, I was only thinking yesterday about Edgar and all the rersearch he carried out on the Spitfire! Certainly would be a shame for all his time and effort to go to waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Funny, I was only thinking yesterday about Edgar and all the rersearch he carried out on the Spitfire! Certainly would be a shame for all his time and effort to go to waste. And there will probably be thousands of mails with an enormous lot of information on these pages. Anybody thinking about doing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Jon Bius is trying to gather what he can in tribute to Edgar. Jon can be reached on Hyperscale or at his website AgapeModels.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyreynolds Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I don't know about the UK or US, but I'm told that this sort of thing would raise privacy/copyright problems here in Oz unless the Brooks' estate has specifically given permission. The apparent fact that it is not being done as a commercial exercise may be relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 I don't know about the UK or US, but I'm told that this sort of thing would raise privacy/copyright problems here in Oz unless the Brooks' estate has specifically given permission. The apparent fact that it is not being done as a commercial exercise may be relevant. Don't know about special rules, but is a mail published on this site not public domain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Don't know about special rules, but is a mail published on this site not public domain? No. Things enter the public domain after the copyright expires, usually 70 years after death of the author. http://copyrightuser.org/topics/public-domain/ Also potentially relevant are the terms and conditions under which material is posted to this site, which are here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=help&do=01&HID=26 And which assert intellectual property rights as follows: Intellectual property rights We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Yes, exactly what I thought. You cannot publish, say Edgar's many posts here, but nothing prevents Britmodeller for establishing a home page devoted to Edgard's heritage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hi However, those many drawings are from the NA , etc and will thus turn up in publications when someone else finds and uses them cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hi However, those many drawings are from the NA , etc and will thus turn up in publications when someone else finds and uses them cheers jerry Obviously, but will it be in this century? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hi Spitfire the history, provided a lot of info and drawings, must be about what say 15yrs ago or more ? With the use of digital cameras at the NA, lots will be in circulation more. If i was in the UK, I would be there at least once a month retired I would have been there even more but I now have a pond in my way cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Jerry, I suppose some of us remember Edgar's many references to Kew, where he could dig into the archives and find the sources for what was being discussed. I am not so sure that all of this is so easily available as you say. Morgan, Eric B. and Edward Shacklady, Spitfire: The History (Key Publishing Ltd, 1986). So it is about thirty years old, and invaluable. If you want details, I can also recommend Monforton, Paul H., Spitfire Mk.IX & XVI Engineered (Greely, Ontario: Monforton Press, 2007). It is a fantastic book, however rather expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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