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Technical drawings at archives
Hi Guys.
A friend of mine is involved in restoring old aircraft. Most of the times they have to make patterns and then only drawings to rebuild a part. Have any of you ever seen any section at the UK archives that may have any technical drawings?? In our archives in S Africa some may be found in our 31 Group section. I am sure there are MU's and assembly units that have files that can be found at eg Kew in England. Any ideas. Thx Stefaan
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Re: Technical drawings at archives
Hi Stefaan
The National Archives at Kew is essentially a government archive i.e. mainly contains material created by the government and its ministries and agencies. As such it has very little material of the type you describe, although occasionally you’ll find an odd drawing attached to correspondence with the Air Ministry about, say, an aircraft modification. Surviving MU records tend to be just ORBs and aircraft output reports. Most drawings would have stayed with the aircraft’s manufacturers and indeed Westland, BAE at Brough and Adwest (Miles) still have (some of) them. Others have subsequently their way into Museums: The RAF Museum at Hendon holds drawings of some Gloster, Fairey, Bristol and Sopwith types together with some 50,000 Supermarine drawings which were due to be burned. Fortunately a Supermarine employee got in touch with the museum just in time. When Handley Page went to the wall a consortium including the RAF Museum and the IWM bought a lot of historical material from the receiver and I think the drawings went to the IWM. Other museums such as Brooklands, Solent Sky and, I’m sure, others also have some of this sort of material. I’m sure others know more, but hope this helps. Niall |
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Re: Technical drawings at archives
Hi Niall.
Thanks a mil for replying. My friend is involved in the Stirling Project, but he does not visit this forum. I do not know if any of the guys involved visits here. I am sitting in S Africa, so do not have access to any of the sites, but have been to Kew. Is there a chance that any of Short's drawings went to any of these museums you mentioned. It would be a grate help if any of our members can help these guys. Thx Stefaan
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Re: Technical drawings at archives
hello Stefaan,
gegroet, if you are looking for sterling drawings you might contact the sterling aircraft association in England,i don't have here with me the address but i can have a look for it maybe on the internet its also there. goedendag phil |
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Re: Technical drawings at archives
Hi Phil.
Thanks for your interest.They are in contact with the Stirling association. They get some gen from them but the detailed drawings are still a mystery. Thx Stefaan
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Re: Technical drawings at archives
Stefaan,
there is also a New zealander on ebay who's selling a lot of technical german and allied books . what you can do is try to contact RAF museum at Hendon england. goedendag phil |
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