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Flap gauge 2 (Instruments Pg 9
Flap gauges 3)
Used in
the Mosquito Dated 1951
6A/2136 Type A Flap
position indicator by
Smiths.
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£55
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Airspeed Oxford Flap gauge (Instruments Pg 9
Flap gauges 4)
This is a flap gauge was
used in the
Lysander. There would be two of these in the aircraft.
Highly controllable flaps were important in the Lysander due
to its short landing and take off capabilities. This
one has a ticket with the reference number for an Oxford so
also used on this aircraft and fitted just above the
throttle in the main instrument panel..
Below the
Airspeed Oxford
The Airspeed Oxford was a military
development of the same company's Envoy airliner. The
prototype first flew on 19 June 1937 and when it entered
service with the Central Flying School in November of that
year it became the Royal Air Force's first twin-engine
monoplane advanced trainer.
The first Oxfords were intended for all
aspects of aircrew training including gunnery and had an
Armstrong Whitworth dorsal gun turret fitted. The turret was
removed from later versions and they were used mainly for
pilot training. In addition to their main role as trainers
Oxfords were used as air ambulances, communications aircraft
and for ground radar calibration duties.
It saw widespread use as an advanced trainer
in the United Kingdom, Canada, Southern Rhodesia, Australia,
New Zealand and the Middle East and in 1951 they received a
new lease of life as Flying Training Command expanded to
train National Service pilots.
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