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AIRCRAFT EXHIBITS: Continued... ENGINE EXHIBITS
1920: HUCKS AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTER: B.C.Hucks is credited with the invention of this aircraft engine starter, the design is based on a Model T Ford Chassis with an engine driven chain drive to an overhead rotating shaft, the end of which incorporated a claw bar to engage with the a dog fixed to the aircraft's propeller. The Hucks Starter was used by the RAF from 1920~1930's, subsequently various more modern engine starting methods were employed. The vehicle is classified as mobile ground equipment on a Ford Model T Chassis, Aero Engine Starter, powered by a Ford 2,892cc four cylinder engine with a maximum speed of 45mph.
VEHICLE EXHIBITS: TRACTION ENGINE AND CAR EXHIBITS:
MOTORCYCLE EXHIBITS:
HOBBIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE: RADIO CONTROL AT THE AERODROME: What a setting to fly model aircraft of all persuasions in. The only problems some of the flyers advised me of was the occasional intrusion by real vintage aircraft into their airspace!
AERODROME BUILDINGS:
MORE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION COVERAGE: Please continue my 'Shuttleworth Collection coverage' by selecting from the following pages...
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I LOVE NEW TECHNOLOGY, TABLETS, LAPTOPS, DIGITAL CAMERAS, MOBILE PHONES/WIRELESS BROADBAND, GPS, ETC. ALL SO COOL AND 'PORTABLE'......
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