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Need Photos of Aircraft and Engine Data Plates and get a ...

Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:40 pm

I'm trying to expand my collection of aircraft dataplates (others collect some weirder things), since we have a number of people here who are mechanics (my father was an A&P), I'd appreciate your help. I need fairly high resolution photos with something for a scale (such as holding a dollar bill next to it). Not only do I collect pics, but havea friend who makes reproductions of them.

I'll be happy to trade you a "new" dataplate for a pic of something we don't have (same one you sent in or something else -- P-51, RR Merlin; GE 7.62 Minigun, A-10 to name a few...)

Just email me direct.

Thanks

Mark H
P51Mstg@aol.com

Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:35 am

Recently Vintage Wings of Canada obtained a spare Merlin along with the Hurricane Mk XII. You can find a picture of it here...
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Mike

Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:43 pm

Here's one that I took in 1999...

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Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:55 pm

Did they have pop rivets like that in 1940?

Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:09 pm

that martin B-26 is not original, a number of yrs ago all aircraft were required to have a external ID plate added, I guess so they could read a serial number without looking inside the plane.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:18 pm

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But seriously...

Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:28 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:that martin B-26 is not original, a number of yrs ago all aircraft were required to have a external ID plate added, I guess so they could read a serial number without looking inside the plane.

They’re supposed to be stainless as well, for ID purposes after a crash/fire.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:32 pm

Eric Friedebach wrote:Image
Not that bad joke coming back to haunt me! :oops:

Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:23 pm

Wow! A Data Plate with no nomeclature on it!
What did it come off of? :wink:
I love the joke!
Jerry

Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:51 pm

You guys have one for a N3N?

And the award for the best post of of 2006 goes to..........

Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:35 pm

Eric Friedebach!

hands down, I almost fell off my chair. LOL. Even my wife got it.

Re: And the award for the best post of of 2006 goes to......

Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:34 pm

astixjr wrote:Eric Friedebach!

hands down, I almost fell off my chair. LOL. Even my wife got it.


bdk started it!

Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:25 pm

I'm so embarassed... :oops: Not!

Sorry your thread got hijacked Mark. I can send you a photo of an SNJ data plate in return.

Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:41 am

Hi all,

Just a few plates from our collection.

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Ash
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