Yes, we were at the same Avalon airshow. This GMT is a 1972.
I fly the Vampire, Meteor, Canberra, Sabre and A-37B Dragonfly.
The RCAF Omega were either HA60 (36mm) or HA62 (38mm), both using the unique and rare Lemania 2221 hacking movement, only for these chronographs.
Cheers,
Buster
May I ask which three Omegas?
Thanks! I’m based in LAX actually but you’re deduction is solid. Not much mystery to it. Are you thinking vintage speedy or modern? I use the Chronometer to time how late the hotel van is to pick us up…aside from that not as many uses as the Apollo guys had.
Nice, I was LAX based for five years but ended up in SFO. I miss SoCal from time to time. I forget everyone has a domicile in LAX. I’ll probably buy a modern 3861, if only because I don’t have a great working knowledge of vintage speedys and would probably make an uninformed decision I would regret. Lol
Of course…
1. Green AquaTerra 150
2. Speedy sapphire sandwich (3861)
3. Brand new Seamaster 300 blue dial. (I’m obsessed with this watch).
My grail continues to be a BLRO or BLNR , but all signs point to no. I’d honestly rather have the above three in my collection, plus a nice dress watch as opposed to a single GMT master at gray prices.
Closest I get is this Waltham clock I have fitted in my motorhome,
Sure you will know where this shot is from 👍
Anyone want a Spitfire?
1943 Supermarine Spitfire IX (platinumfighters.com)
How about an F4 Phantom II?
1959 McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II (platinumfighters.com)
Great thread and surprised I didn’t see this before now.
Been working in the aviation industry ever sense post secondary as a Avionics Engineer. Repairing and installing electrical equipment on all sorts of aircraft DHC8, DHC2, DHC6, the terrible BE1900D and even worse SA227.
Photo of Nicad battery shorted out to remove its memory required at every service. When on discharge cells that reach .5 is shorted and above 1v have a shorting resistor clipped to the cell. Dash 8 400
Photo getting ready for a engine change this is the engine coming off pictures of the engine harness so I can remember the routing. Dash 8 300
Photo of wiring diagram helping a out base with a avionics issue with backlighting on indicators. BE1900D
Photo of installing Skytrac system on a DHC6 Twin Otter ceiling panel removed adding just a few wires from the tail to the cockpit. DHC6 Twin Otter.
Photo of a damn indicator pulled apart to replace the backlighting lamps. They are soldered on circuit board that I’m pointing at. Dash 8 300.
Photo of power lever switches in the hell hole of a Dash 8 300. Changing a few that failed.
Just a few photos from a mechanic side.
Cheers
Chad
Concorde cockpit?
And where'd you find the Waltham clock? It goes well in the motorhome.
Doing an autopilot installation for a buddy. Here we see the pitch servo being installed beneath the floor just aft of the rear spar. It is in close proximity to the roll servo which is removed for clutch adjustment (you can see the bracket for it) and immediately adjacent to the flap motor and limit switches. Cool thing about this particular STC is that there is a flap compensator potentiometer to be installed just forward of the rear spar which automatically accounts for the positive pitch tendency when adding the first notch of approach flaps.
This thing is going to be a super slick upgrade to go along with the all glass panel he also wants...guess who's wiring that up...
