Re: Sabena Old timer, Brussels, Belgium, January 2005
Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:43 pm
Thanks for the post and there is nothing wrong with your English. 
Re: Sabena Old timer, Brussels, Belgium, January 2005
Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:30 pm
[quote="norman malayney"]What is the serial number of the Mercury engine attached to the airframe? When the RCAF Lysanders were sold surplus, the Mercury engine serial number was noted on the lower right-hand corner of the respective RCAF aircaft record card. If the Belgium aircraft has the original engine for that airfame, then the identity can be positively proven. If the engine is from a Bolingbroke, then the serial number will detail from which Bolingbroke the engine came from.
The majority of ex-RCAF Lysanders currently flying or on static display have bogus RCAF serial numbers. The key to identity is if the airframe has the original engine attached. The CWH, Hamilton, Ontario, Lysander did and its RCAF identity is proven correct.
Norman Malayney[/quote]
On the Westland-built Lysanders there should be a constructors data plate situated on the RH side of the cross-member that is at the front edge of the rear cockpit, immediately behind the centre fuselage fuel tank. There's no guarantee of course that it would still be there, and I don't know if the Canadian built a/c had something similar.
The majority of ex-RCAF Lysanders currently flying or on static display have bogus RCAF serial numbers. The key to identity is if the airframe has the original engine attached. The CWH, Hamilton, Ontario, Lysander did and its RCAF identity is proven correct.
Norman Malayney[/quote]
On the Westland-built Lysanders there should be a constructors data plate situated on the RH side of the cross-member that is at the front edge of the rear cockpit, immediately behind the centre fuselage fuel tank. There's no guarantee of course that it would still be there, and I don't know if the Canadian built a/c had something similar.