Spitfire FR XIVe

[jd]

Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive.

[Waldo.Pepper[_2_]]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0100, "jd" > wrote:

>Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive.


Perhaps it is some excessive Nanny state nonsense due to luminescent
guages. Had I been visiting the museum I couldn't have helped myself.
I would have asked.

Thanks for the nice pics.

Waldo.

[Peter Twydell]

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It's Elf'n'Safety concerns about the radiation given off by the radium
in the luminous instrument markings. Probably gave a rat a pimple on its
bum after 10,000 hours exposure to 1000 altimeters.
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:59:04 -0700, Waldo.Pepper wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0100, "jd" > wrote:
>
>>Not sure why the cockpit is radioactive.
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> Perhaps it is some excessive Nanny state nonsense due to luminescent
> guages. Had I been visiting the museum I couldn't have helped myself.
> I would have asked.
>
> Thanks for the nice pics.
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> Waldo.

There was a shortage of museum staff ... I only saw the one, staffing the
ticket booth for the flight simulator. I'm sure there were others, but not
obviously dressed as museum staff.