DH Venom rebuild

Few more

Beats me how you do it Pete. It looks even better with that paint scheme too. Looking forward to seeing it in the air.

Test pilot in his office ready for Saturday

Looking good Pete! Thank you

Mmmmm

As Saturday looks like a grey on grey day for the Venom I thought I would help Jon with some orientation aids!!

Did the Swiss actually buy any Venoms or are the decals left overs and used just for eye candy?:lol:

PhilF51 wrote: Did the Swiss actually buy any Venoms or are the decals left overs and used just for eye candy?:lol:

The Swiss operate a couple of Venom's

Chaps,
I think that most of the DH Venoms Phillip Meason purchased and brought to Bournemouth airport some years ago were ex Swiss Air Force ones, which were only taken out of military service in the early 80s. I think many of the currently airworthy Venoms flying in this country were from that batch of aircraft. I also believe Phillip purchased all the Swiss Air Force spares available, most of which I think he sold onto a maintenance company at the airport and were subsequently being offered on Ebay a year or two ago!

Re: the two flame-outs on Saturday. I was wondering if the flame-outs could have been caused by the low pressure in the engine bay aggravating the weeping fuel tank enough to cause the motor to ingest the leaked fuel and flame-out. This would explain the puff of unburned fuel at the point of flame-out!!
It may also explain why the flame-out didn't happen when the cover was off the engine bay!
Hitting the mid-field bump may also have caused a spurt of fuel to leak from the tank exacerbating the situation!