Hunting H126 Drawings / Hunting Archive

[will2017]

It's more a request to borrow the collective knowledge of BM to see if anyone knows who holds the archive for Hunting Aircraft.

I have a (bizarre) need to research the Hunting H126, and would like to see if there are any Engineering Drawings anywhere.....

 

I want to build a large scale model of the aircraft - perhaps with cutaways to show the ducting from the engine... It's not something that will happen quickly, but I've tried all the most likely suspects - RAF Museum, BAe, Brooklands and they hold small numbers of reports / external photos, but no structural drawings. I have even looked on Secret Projects, but despite registering I can't get to logon to look at the imagery they have.

 

Does anyone know if the Hunting Aircraft archive is held anywhere, and if it is, how to get a look at it? - Long shot I know, but I thought that there might be someone here that might be able to help.

 

Thanks.

[tempestfan]

I have no idea really, but as Hunting was a constituting member of BAC, @canberra kid may have some leads, if not access to documents?

[Head in the clouds.]

As it was operated from RAE Bedford by the Aerodynamics Flight your best bet may well be FAST at Farnborough, here; https://airsciences.org.uk/

 

They charge £5 for 30 min of research and £5 for each following 30 min or part thereof. They have a vast amount of documents but only about 5-10% is digitized thus far and they are also the custodians of material once held by BARG, a similar organization to FAST but based at the old RAE Bedford site.

 

Good luck and keep us informed of your progress, this is a very unique aeroplane and I would love to see it built, it is certainly up there on my wish list.

 

Gary

 

 

[petetasker]

I wasn’t actually there but I saw some shots of this weekends Cosford show and noticed they pulled it outside for the static display.

[Dave Swindell]

17 hours ago, will2017 said:

RAF Museum

Which one? the aircraft is at Cosford, they may hold relevant manuals/drawings there so it might be worth contacting them directly rather than through Hendon?

 

[will2017]

On 13/06/2023 at 12:33, Dave Swindell said:

Which one? the aircraft is at Cosford, they may hold relevant manuals/drawings there so it might be worth contacting them directly rather than through Hendon?

 

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it.

[zebra]

@will2017 could you let us know how you get on please? I'm interested too. I've been thinking about making one in 1/72.

[Space Ranger]

There are 1/72 drawings in Barrie Hygate’s British Experimental Jet Aircraft, if this helps.

[will2017]

On 19/06/2023 at 03:08, zebra said:

@will2017 could you let us know how you get on please? I'm interested too. I've been thinking about making one in 1/72.

I sure will - am running out of places to look at the mo.

On 19/06/2023 at 03:35, Space Ranger said:

There are 1/72 drawings in Barrie Hygate’s British Experimental Jet Aircraft, if this helps.

Thanks for reminding me, I will have to dig out my copy and have a look.

[will2017]

On 12/06/2023 at 21:11, Head in the clouds. said:

As it was operated from RAE Bedford by the Aerodynamics Flight your best bet may well be FAST at Farnborough, here; https://airsciences.org.uk/

 

They charge £5 for 30 min of research and £5 for each following 30 min or part thereof. They have a vast amount of documents but only about 5-10% is digitized thus far and they are also the custodians of material once held by BARG, a similar organization to FAST but based at the old RAE Bedford site.

 

Good luck and keep us informed of your progress, this is a very unique aeroplane and I would love to see it built, it is certainly up there on my wish list.

 

Gary

 

 

Thanks for the tip, Gary. I've sent them an email to see what they've got.

[will2017]

UPDATE:

 

Back at the top of the thread, I was asking for help locating (any) drawings of the internal structure, and more hopefully the ducting system on the Hunting H126 Jet-Flap aircraft.

I've asked (from memory) BAE SYSTEMS, RAF Museum, RAF Cosford, Brooklands Museum, FAST and RAE Bedford, and though very helpful, haven't been able to locate any of the Hunting Archive, within which I was hoping to find some drawings.

I know that some of you wanted to see if I had found anything, but no.

 

However, if anyone does locate any suitable drawings, I will have to rely on info on Secret Projects, the odd NASA report and my copy of Barrie Hygate's book.

 

Thanks for listening.

[Space Ranger]

Have you tried here:

https://huntingplc.com

 

This link came from the BAE Systems website, so I’m assuming there is a connection from the current Hunting to the former aircraft manufacturer.

 

Also: https://ukaeroarchives.wordpress.com/2021/12/22/hunting-aircraft-ltd/

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/df6bf262-7982-42fa-b148-7d622c8c718f

https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/049c401b-953c-3663-a4e9-86b4133e20da

(SBAC archives)

 

I hope these help.

Edited July 15, 2023 by Space Ranger