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by jamesinnewcastle
Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:59 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Stirling Electrical Circuit Diagrams.
Replies: 21
Views: 20724

Re: Stirling Electrical Circuit Diagrams.

Hi Gary With the rarity of any Stirling drawings I would say that what you have is gold dust! Have you scanned it all in yet? Will you make it all available to us? What might not be realised is that the electrical diagrams you have will reveal a great deal about how the aircraft operated and a good ...
by jamesinnewcastle
Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:21 am
Forum: Headquarters
Topic: Stirling Aircraft Project - Engineering help needed
Replies: 16
Views: 161968

Re: Stirling Aircraft Project - Engineering help needed

Hi

I'm an electronics engineer, if you have any problems with electrical/electronic systems, etc I may be able to help.



Cheers

James
by jamesinnewcastle
Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:08 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?
Replies: 153
Views: 1432276

Re: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?

Hi Guy I found loads out about various crew on Forces Reunited web site. Also try LostBombers.co.uk search on Stirling and other key words. The P probably relates to P for Peter, so the lettering painted on the plane could have been YD-P (the first two letters were those for the squadron I think). E...
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:50 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Last Stirling to be scrapped?
Replies: 2
Views: 1625

Re: Last Stirling to be scrapped?

Since many Stirlings were in non-military service all over the world after the war I imagine that the real answer to this question is going to be hard to obtain.

I imagine, in wistful moments, finding a Stirling being used as a chicken hutch in some remote Indian village......



James
by jamesinnewcastle
Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:36 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?
Replies: 153
Views: 1432276

Re: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?

Hi John

Thanks for that - had a look and only one possible, but none confirmed so they may have made it through. So that means more searching, I'll try Forces Reunited first I think!


James
by jamesinnewcastle
Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:17 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?
Replies: 153
Views: 1432276

Re: Looking for information on Stirling Aircraft & Crews ?

Hi I'm trying to find out if these people are still alive or records of where and when they may have died. They are the only untraced crew from 3 Stirling Bombers that left Oakington on May 2/3. While I know that they survived that flight they do not appear to have been with the same crews later in ...
by jamesinnewcastle
Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:04 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!
Replies: 10
Views: 6454

Re: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!

Hi All

Final draft animation of the Gooseneck before settling down to make the main animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUT7CWrP1I



Cheers

James
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:01 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!
Replies: 10
Views: 6454

Re: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!

Hi Upkeep I think that the reasoning is the same as the reason for circling airfields anti-clockwise, that is the pilot is sitting on the left so he can see best to his left. Also the Stirlings nose would get in the way of his forward vision as he settled on the field, meaning he would only be able ...
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:43 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!
Replies: 10
Views: 6454

Re: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!

Hi All

Don't forget the other questions - The problem with doing too many questions in a thread is that one answer tends to hi-jack the others, I suppose I should have started independant threads but that may have looked a little odd!



Cheers

James
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:41 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!
Replies: 10
Views: 6454

Re: Landing a Stirling at Night - Many Questions!

Hi Upkeep I'm running the airfield related questions in several threads at AiX and it's from replies in that forum that I have put the lights as a single line and arranged the T shape. I've been sent various WWII typed documents which generally support the T shape, certainly for emergency use of goo...