<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Serafino @ Jan 28 2007, 08:51 PM) [snapback]1406595[/snapback]</div>
...not to mention an in at Rolls may make it possible to make a much more accurate replica. PM sent.
Oh, Bill, Pete has only just seen all this stuff, and it's Sunday in the UK too, so I suspect he hasn't really had time to look into this yet.
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Your kidding...I spent all day reading the discovery threads... judging from the amount of PMs I'm getting because of where I'm located it's a bit like the day I said 't-track? all the cupboards at work are full of it.' or the day I said 'my friend is getting a new bathroom...who wants a 70s AS Starlite handwheel?'
I will start tomorrow by talking to a guy I work with who's job used to be firing frozen chickens into jet engines and filming the results, to test how they stand up to birds when they get sucked into the engines. He taught me the phrase 'Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines'.
An old friend worked in the drawing archive, but I lost touch with him a few years back... then there is the guy over the road who works in assembly and also the husband of one of my wife's best friends - he's a software developer there right now...thing is, even if none of these guys can help, they will either know someone I should talk to or have an idea where to make enquiries I'm sure. It's difficult to throw a stone in this town and not hit someone who works at 'Royces' (how the locals say it), I suspect it's like car plant workers and Detroit.
There is also a big 'Anchor Surplus' place nearby that often has jet engines in the yard, along with other military paraphinalia of yesteryear...I could pay them a visit - it's a huge warehouse and I often get boots and kitbags etc from it. Not sure whether the stuff in the yard is actually for sale tho - there's a 2 seater jet from the 50s there...
Then there's the Derby Industrial museum - when I helped stage a Dr Who prop display in one of their rooms, I had a good look at their rolls royce room, which was full of engines in cases.
Then there's the observation park at East Midlands Airport - amongst the picnic tables are various examples of now grounded Aircraft, restored but not able to fly, with many examples of local aerospace engineering amongst them (I'm sure most of them have plaques detailing when the engines were made and at which Derby site - there are several)
So yeah...lots of avenues to explore, but be patient guys...do we have a part number for it yet?
