FRAFM Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 You know he had a ride in it didn't you .....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRAFM Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I'll get hold of some more photos later but this is one of arriving at the cart marking to get Branded (!) confirming we'd paid our Tax for the year (5/-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRAFM Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Re: Crossley RFC Tender And a certain Mr Simpson didn't come up and tell me until I was going home :mad: I feel left out :-( I Hope this doesn't cause any grief then ..... http://vid766.photobucket.com/albums/xx308/iwvc/RAFVehicles.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 You know he had a ride in it didn't you .....? I Hope this doesn't cause any grief then ..... Oh, he told me all about it. And I was very good, I didn't beat him with a chair :-D However, Vernon should know better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flandersflyer Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) When Can I pick up the Dv11 that is lying around, I have transport! I now have Dv11 plans and I am studying them! Will also investigate the fuselage mentioned to be in Germany Thanks Tom there were several different factorys instructed by the German high command to start building Dv11 type aircraft. One of course was the fokker works another was the OAW plant..(although OAW didn`t actually build any complete aircraft) the other was fokker`s great rival: Albatros the fokker built Dv11s were considered inferior in both quality of construction & materials to the other examples as the schwerin works struggled to keep up with production....about 3500-3700 examples were built between the late summer and autumn of 1918... most Dv11 types soldiered on with the old Mercedes D111..in its overcompressed and other modification forms...but it was with the new BMW 111 that the Dv11 really shone.... there were no actual plans sent from Fokkers to the other companys instructed to start production....what fokkers would do is send a complete airframe for the other constructors to copy...for this Anthony Fokker got a 5% royalty on every complete aircraft produced by his rivals/competitors this also meant that an aircraft produced by...say Albatros would not be entirely the same as one from Schwerin.... so plans would have to be altered/modified to suit.... Edited July 22, 2014 by flandersflyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hope this is of interest as it appears to be about a certain forum member, well done to him. Hope you arrived safely. http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/wreaths-begin-journey-to-france-11363925962366 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) Unfortunately we missed the Shuttleworth event however we were on duty further south: Very interesting day, quite formal trying to keep up to the household cavalry standard. The 85 Wreaths representing each regiment of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914 were carried to Arras, then on to Amiens with the vehicles for the Centenary of the first flight in of the RFC on the 13th August 1914 to return that evening to Arras for service of remembrance at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery. This was a moving service attended by Generals and the highest ranking members of the RAF, French services and the Richthofen Squadron (Richthofen Geschwader) of the current Luftwaffe. The service was blessed with dry weather and a biplane plus Tornado flypast. Here is video of part of the London event: http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//ITN/2014/08/10/T10081403/ and some images: Edited August 17, 2014 by Charawacky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Fantastic pictures Tom what an amazing opportunity you had to deliver the wreaths and the combination looks really perfect. Well done. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRAFM Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well done Tom. A fitting convoy for the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Well done, a very respectful thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Yes, fantastic job. With the wet weather it looked a very fittingly sombre day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 Thank you for your comments The vehicles are now in France at Amiens until the WW1 aero event http://www.centenaire-aerien-somme14-18.fr/ After which they will return to England as we may no longer be the UK by then Tom Another BEF event link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2810881928001?bckey=AQ~~,AAACcS3ahoE~,OSt6CCN6H-0R_rL1tF1Y6xWx9e-7k7W6&bctid=3724504185001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) The Picardie air-show was very good attended by many thousands who were attracted by the French equivalent of the red arrows, (The Patroullie de France) and free admission. There were a good number of interesting aircraft. WW1 was the theme and two WW1 aircraft had been flown from the Czech Republic! We drove the vehicles home over the following 6 days visiting many WW1 monuments all in very good weather. WW1 memorabilia picked up on the way by members of the 3 man team included: used shell taken with permission from ploughed field in Martinpuich. holed German Helmet purchased in Albert 3-3/4" BROWN BOGGS, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA. Engineers vice, Dated 1917. The vice was particularly pleasing with the date cast in, it was red rust, stripped, but complete and was purchased for 15 euros from a large second hand storage at Les Cinq Chemins, well worth a look if you are passing. The Tender, mainly with trailer attached did nearly 1200 miles and the Staff Car 810 miles round trip. The difference in mileage was due to trailering Staff car some distance from Sevenoaks to the Northwest. Pictures to follow. Tom Edited September 22, 2014 by Charawacky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Here is a piki of the 1917 vice now in its civi livery. Also a jack the can anyone advise if WW1 or WW2? A friend down the road has had similar jacks from WW1 with Albion and Leyland script cast into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Here is a piki of the 1917 vice now in its civi livery. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97319[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]97320[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]97324[/ATTACH] Also a jack the can anyone advise if WW1 or WW2? A friend down the road has had similar jacks from WW1 with Albion and Leyland script cast into them. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97322[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]97323[/ATTACH] Thats a very nice vice, scrubbed up well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8_10 Brass Cleaner Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thats a very nice vice, scrubbed up well Nice Foden STG5 if im not mistaken in the background too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Fokker DV11 airframe brought back home from Amiens, France, 450 miles on the Trailer without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 ooh, looks promising :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Exciting stuff! Well done! What is the story of that one? Is it a modern one or hundred years old? Looking forward to seeing it in due course! Steve :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Tom, I heard you'd been shopping in Vienna. Or was that duff info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I have been shopping, that much is true. Here is a poem for those who do not take the 'The Crossley Messenger' or the Crossley Register Newsletter. This was at a time when Crossley undertook aviation work such as building Beardmore aero engines in addition to Tank engines. Just a few years later Crossley purchased a controlling interest in AVRO which would have be the start of the ambition expressed in this poem, however they were forced to sell AVRO by the late 20's due to losses with the ill fated Willys-Overland venture. The Crossley Messenger September 1918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Amazing piece of history, it was good to see the trailer and fuselage at the weekend, one of the collection's volunteers was digging through the archive of Clayton and Shuttleworth drawings and has found some general arrangement and detail pictures for an aircraft recovery trailer. Sorry we hadn't found them earlier to assist you with the build of yours, but there are plans a foot to fully catalogue what we have and see about making them available as they are now our property. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Crossley Tender for sale http://tommyswar.co.uk/product/tw54e10-crossley-light-tender-2025/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAF Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Crossley Tender for sale http://tommyswar.co.uk/product/tw54e10-crossley-light-tender-2025/ :-) Had me going until the link opened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Fokker DV11 airframe brought back home from Amiens, France, 450 miles on the Trailer without a problem. Hi Charawacky, A PM has been sent to you cheers Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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