Hi all, Are there any good books on the Nordon bomb sight? Any detail description on how it functions and its internals? We have put a Nordon in our B-25 and I would like to know more about it. -- GraveRobber Ready to dig through time, Anyplace, Anytime, Any Time Period!

Hi, can anyone tell me where I can find historically accurate blue prints and manuals for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft. I am interested in scale model building. thanks. Iskandar

The white, blue and black 1961 IFR Cessna 210A that had been listed by me on ebay a month or so ago was wrecked by a windstorm / squall line before it could be relisted. The aircraft was flipped out of the tiedown. Engine was NOT running but prop blades are bent. It has been listed again as a...

Does anyone have any information whatsoever on the Lincoln AP-K5? Maybe even a picture? Thanks.

My old project plane has working flap but it appears pin for hinge is corroded and stuck. Flap needs to be removed for access to rear main gear bracket. I can't get a grip on holding the pin and pulling or twisting. Being cheap , would rather not cut the pin into small removable pieces as a...

What type of primer/sealer is the best and easiest to apply before applying the color coat on aircraft sheetmetal? Thanks for any info.

Is Randolph the only dope available? Is Certified Coatings or other brand available anywhere? Thanks GA

Does anyone have any information regarding how the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum weathered Ivan?

What is a British Sutton Harness? Thanks Bob Gaines USA

Is anyone able to offer any advice on the requirements for having an aircraft which was in storage for some years and has no available paperwork returned to the register. with thanks George

This could be in error, but was Meigs 100% "private"? It is my understanding that it is/was a "private" airport and has never taken Federal funding and thus the beloved Mayor and his crew were legal (though not so smart or clever) in destrorying the airport? Just asking. GA

does anyone know of the location of a Blohm and Voss BV141B that survived ww2? have a friend interested in building one and wondered whether any still existed. thanks Stealth Pilot Australia.

I recently acquired a large wooden prop, 114 inches dia, 10 inch blade width paddle blade shape, 8bolt hole pattern. Any guesses as to what it was, definitely not a Jenny, maybe a liberty powered DH4 ? let me hear your guess. .

I realize this is not a "FOR SALE" newsgroup so I apologize for this if anyone is offended. Here is the list of the gauges and stuff I am selling. If you want me to email photos let me know..it will be a couples of days though as my old digital camera broke a couple of weeks ago and my new is not...

As I recall from a model airplane kit I built back in the late 1940s, the British observation plane, Westland Lysander, was equipped with small, short, secondary flying surfaces (hardly wings) attached to the landing gear just at about the top of the wheelpants. As I understood it at the time,...

Hello I'm STILL trying to ID a homebuilt aircraft which appeared in my local newspaper here in the. The photograph is the property of Dez Wood, who thinks that the aircraft was built in the 1930s in Yorkshire. Please check out http://members.lycos.co.uk/driffieldflyer/ for more info. We know...

Hi folks, Can anyone suggest a good wax to use on a fabric airplane?? ( coatings are Randolph dope ) I'm about to turn my old Chief loose into another Northern Ontario winter and I'd like to give it a little protection. I'm more interested in ease of application than in...

In "The Aviator" HH arrives at the beach in a really cool looking seaplane and later teaches Katharine Hepburn to fly in the same plane. Does anybody know if that was a restoration, or replica of an actual seaplane from that era? And which one? -- FF

Hello there fellow aviation enthusiasts, Does anyone know where I can obtain original, or copies of original factory blueprints for WWII Warbirds such as the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Chance-Vought F4U Corsair, North-American P51 Mustang, etc?

New on Daniel K Aviation Images: Photos of the Douglas DC-3 Dakota "ES-AKE" based in Sweden. http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/