![]() ![]() Fuel and Oil system recently fully flushed and cleaned (2022).Undercarriage X-rays completed August 2021.Port elevator outer hinge renewed (2022).Tailwheel yoke bolts and brushes (2022).More recently having the following works carried out G-BXDI has been well maintained in life with the RAF and in civilian ownership.Exterior Black, White & Red (Standard RAF).Great bunch a guys and a museum that I will definitely be visiting again and would highly recommend to others.Total Time 17775 h Engine Time 631 h Undercarriage Taildragger Seats 2 Flight Rules VFR Day Serial Number C1/0312 Registration G-BXDI Exterior I had several very informative conversations and learnt a few things I didn’t know before. The best part of my visit was meeting some of the lovely stewards who look after the museum. Many other interesting aircraft, engines and weapons on display and a very well stocked shop and cafe, ample free parking and accessible toilets. This particular museum is home to my favourite jetliner, the Comet of which they have 4 on show! 1 being an original mark 1 full length fuselage (minus its wings) 2 are forward fuselage sections which are displayed outside and the final is the empty shell of another forward fuselage section which has been farmed for parts to help with the refurbishment of the Comet 1. Very interesting exhibits, many of which have cockpit viewings on offer at no extra charge. Having spent the morning at the RAF museum in Hendon, I noticed that it was only a 15 minute drive to pop over to the De Havilland Aircraft museum so paying a visit was a no brainer. Really enjoyed my first visit to this museum. Undoubtedly the finest exhibit at the museum. The Museum’s exhibit was built at Chester in 1952, the fuselage being acquired by the Museum in 1974. Power Unit: One 145 hp de Havilland Gipsy Major 8 Some 214 Chipmunks were built in Canada, a further 1,014 in Britain, and 60 in Portugal. The Chipmunk was usable for aerobatic and instrument flying as well as basic training. ![]() In many respects similar to the pre-war Moth Minor in configuration, the Chipmunk used metal (mainly stress-skinned) airframe construction, allowing thinner wings and better performance, as well as giving greater durability. stall breaker strips on the inboard wing leading edges to ensure that the stall starts here rather than outboard.an identification light under the starboard wing root,.a rear fuselage lifting point (a tube straight through for insertion of a lifting bar or rope),.a taxiing light on the port undercarriage leg,.en engine-driven vacuum pump in place of external venture tubes for driving gyro instruments,.electric and Coffman cartridge engine starter options,.a thinner and more durable solid light-alloy propeller,.hand-operated single-slotted wing flaps for reduced landing speed,.an enclosed cockpit with rear-sliding canopy,.Aside from avoiding the rigging problems of a braced biplane, advances and refinements on the Chipmunk included: It was the cantilever monoplane successor to the Tiger Moth biplane. The first aircraft designed and built by de Havilland Canada, the Chipmunk tandem two-seat trainer first flew at Downsview, Toronto, in 1946. ![]()
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