Bell UH-1 Iroquois. Two bladed main rotor. Tail fin with two bladed tail rotor fits also.

 

Perhaps more impressive is the segment of the bomber plant that houses these beasts. The control tower and length of building that originally served as part of the B-24 factory is still standing and occupied. Unfortunately, the north end of the factory complex that houses the parallel assembly lines with giant on-grounds turntables has since been demolished.

Story goes that when Mr. Ford decided to build the complex for the war effort, the original blueprint would've had half of the factory in the next county. A forward-thinking man, Mr. Ford decided to alter the plan and have the assembly plant make two 90 degree turns so that the entire structure would remain in a single county. Thus, the necessity for the turntables. He knew that after the war, when the factory would be able to return to peacetime manufacturing, there would be two counties vying for tax revenue in addition to the state and broke-ass Uncle Sam.

Personally, I love the story of a smart and capable patriot sticking it to government before they even knew they'd been stuck.

As you walk through the halls in the remainder of the complex, there are really great pictures on the walls of some of the daily goings-on then. Next time, I'm going to find a way up into that tower and the catwalks up in the rafters!

 

As usual, Rolex wants to crash the party

 

I have just looked on ILSMart, PartsBase, Data access, Aero Exchange again and I come up with spacers, o-rings and shafts against this part number. It's the correct part number for the right Concorde Omega. I even looked for companies with MRO capability to repair them but nothing. The fire has been re-ignited and I will start a new search.

 

Given that not many Concordes were produced, I'm guessing that this would be a difficult item to source? Unless there were lots of other aircraft that used the same Omega cockpit clock.

 

@Twocats This got me looking .... Omega did supply three instruments and there were a few planes + spares. I might have found one example for sale...

Chronographe Omega Concorde TSS1 F-WTSB - Air France / British Airways | eBayPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

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This is also a good website with some nice detailed info. Search
33. INSTRUMENTS DE BORD DU CONCORDE SÉRIE -
MONTRE CHRONOGRAPHE
www.concordescopia.fr

And flying Concorde you might wear Omega....
OMEGA FLIGHTMASTER "ESSAIS EN VOL 1972" - WATCH BOOKS ONLY

Happy hunting in 2022 everyone.
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This is a mind-blowing discovery especially considering there is traceability back to F-WTSB. The Ebay seller is based in the right place and certainly knows what he is talking about. I have contacted the seller.

I have just spent two hours down an Ebay rabbit hole and am now bidding on a bunch of aviation memorabilia that if won, will join the rest of my collection in box's in the cellar never to see the light of day

 

For searches multilingual can help. Also I already had a Concorde archive (sometimes I am lost within my own computer for searches;0)
You can set up a web museum one day maybe. Good luck for the hunt / would be nice to see these things get a good home. Fingers crossed for you - let us know how you get on.

 

Some of many shots during a visit to https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/

 

That's awesome. Flying in the Concorde was on my bucket list but unfortunately I won't get that chance now. Visiting this one might be a good consolation prize though.

 

Well worth a visit

 

Or you could go to one or both of these:-
Aeroscopia in Toulouse, France
https://www.aeroscopia.fr/collections-aéronefs

https://f02905b5-13d8-4069-96ea-cb1...d/3ff0b6_19837a5474d644c3b8fa3671e2130301.pdf
COVID restriction aside you could also combine this museum visit with an Airbus factory tour. Sadly too late to see A380s being built though.

Or Brooklands museum in Weybridge, UK
https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/exhibitions/Concorde-Experience
This is perhaps the better tech/nerd/engineer experience of the two.

 

A few photos from both museums

Toulouse


Brooklands

 

Thank you for posting. That Concorde cockpit is tiny!
By the way, can you please tell me which aircraft the cockpit with the large central radar scope belongs to? (Top Brooklands picture). Thanks!

 

It’s a Harrier; you can actually sit in this one.

 

You don't see many of these buzzing around in country Victoria on a Sunday morning.



Photo by Nathan Long on Jetphotos.

 

Corsair! That thing's a beast.

 

Like a Tardis it would expand in flight ;0). Most of you might know the airframe expanded around 18cm due to friction at supersonic speeds. Impressive design that a passenger carrying aircraft can go so fast and so high for so long on a regular basis. On their last flights a few of the flight engineers wedged their hats in the gap between their main panel and the bulkhead before it closed for the last time (photo taken from the inter web)
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How do you tow a barge across the Arctic?



Easy, just find pilots with huge balls.

 

OMG. How do the rotor blades not touch the water?