Wings & Wheels, Ursel, Belgium: 6-7-8 August 2004

[Jeroen Sleijpen]

6, 7 and 8th of august 3rd Wings and Wheels meeting in Ursul Belgium

www.wingsandwheels.be


WINGS AND WHEELS 2004
Postbus 77 - B 9000 GENT 12
BELGIUM

[Hanno Spoelstra]

See http://www.wingsandwheels.be/

Should be quite a number of CMPs there: I see Nick Bullock will be present with his Chevrolet C8. If I am correct, the Dutch Army will be there with a CGT + 25-pdr gun just like last year. I plan to go there for a day, possibly taking along my son Stijn (3+ years old), as he likes planes and trucks so much.

Hanno

[Nick Bullock]

Hi Hanno

We visited Ursel last year and had a real good time. I entered the C8 there and then for this years show... However its looking more likely that this time around we'll take the HUA ( and a three year old!!!)

regards

Nick

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
See http://www.wingsandwheels.be/

Never been in Ursel but the first visit is coming, LwD has rent a tiny stall...

Dirk

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Nick, Dirk,

See you there on Saturday!
I'll be bringing along Stijn.

Regards,
Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

As said before, I went down there with my three-and-a-half year old son, and we had a great day. A good variety of vehicles (both WW2 and post-war) and aircraft, lots of stuff to see. Good organisation, nice atmosphere. Sadly, there was a noticeable lack of British participants this year, probably due to the busy 60th anniversary season. Well worth a visit, next year I'll go a couple of days.

Stijn and I saw a Spitfire doing a circuit before landing, and it taxied to park right in front of our noses:


At the end of the day, Stijn was more impressed by this crane:


Brussels Tank Museum Sherman VC Firefly, judged by yours truly as the winner in the tank class:


Source: http://www.wingsandwheels.be/framespagina-nl.htm

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Brussels Tank Museum Sherman VC Firefly, judged by yours truly as the winner in the tank class:

But. . . . . . . What did its multi-bank SOUND like?

R.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by FV623
But. . . . . . . What did its multi-bank SOUND like?

Like a winner
Really, I find the Multibank truly awesome, and having heard a Merlin just before, the jury is still out on deciding which of the two sounds the best....

H.

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Like a winner

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really, I find the Multibank truly awesome, and having heard a Merlin just before, the jury is still out on deciding which of the two sounds the best....

Mmmmmmm, 30 holes all firing in proper order and not a muffler in sight, we like that.

Whilst I have a video of the now ex Mr Gas-Axe Multibank-Brown's M4A4, there is the disappointment of the necessary audio compressor on magnetic tape devices, at least 30dB of audio range missing, which is 1000 times in sound pressure level for the non-technical.

Even a good CD has only some 90dB of dynamic range which is a far cry from the 120 odd of the Mk.1* ear hole.

:idea: I shall have to speak nicely to Mr Tankbarrel for an audio "fix" it seems. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by FV623
:idea: I shall have to speak nicely to Mr Tankbarrel for an audio "fix" it seems. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes, and we have to bring over Keith's friend with the "furry spider" mic rig to record it in all its glory!

Meanwhile, go to http://tankfreak.tripod.com/ to see and hear the Brussels Tank Museum's Firefly in action.

H.

[Snowtractor]

Originally posted by FV623
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmmmm, 30 holes all firing in proper order and not a muffler in sight, we like that.
R.

Having attended Beltring with the 'BOYS' and being at the "planning table" about 1/2hr after the injestion of combustibles ,I can attest to Richards above quote/statement. Though the smell was somewhat offputting

I bet the Multibank sounds awesome too
Sean

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by FV623
Mmmmmmm, 30 holes all firing in proper order and not a muffler in sight, we like that.

16 litres of supercharged radial engine with all 9 holes firing without a muffler in sight is pretty likeable, too.....go on, click on the picture!

Source: http://www.militaryexport.co.uk/

[tankbarrell]

Originally posted by FV623
:idea: I shall have to speak nicely to Mr Tankbarrel for an audio "fix" it seems. . . . . . . .

I have already recorded the 'music' onto CD for the Chrysler Museum. They have a Multibank on display and wanted to have an audio experience to go with it!

Luckily, all I have to do to get my fix is go in the shed!

Mind you, the price of fuel being what it is....

Adrian

Originally posted by tankbarrell
I have already recorded the 'music' onto CD for the Chrysler Museum. They have a Multibank on display and wanted to have an audio experience to go with it!

You'd think they would have a running one having made shedloads of them, but, like most things, at the time its mundane and ordinary, no one thinks to the future when the ordinary daily items sudenly become highly interesting.

Then of course museums have a habit of sectioning stuff so the grockles and tyre-kickers can see the internals; there is no more comprehensive way of ultimately wrecking an engine than this.

Even the Science Museum has a sectioned Napier Sabre (37 litres of H configured sleeve valve) and latest news suggests Kermit Weeks may never get his Tempest V flying with Sabre power since Ricardo's down here (probably the world's only source for re-worked esoteric aero engines) have declined to handle them owing to the sleeve re-manufacture necessity and potential liability claims.

Of course the sleeve manufacture beat Napier at the time and they sub-contracted them to Bristol who were very secretive about their techniques and materials, I suspect the know-how is lost and even Kermit cannot fund a start-over and re-qualify project.

Luckily, all I have to do to get my fix is go in the shed!

Yes, all very well for the few tankbarons around but a bummer for the remaining hordes of mere mortals.

Mind you, the price of fuel being what it is....

I can see me doing a minor divert and dropping in with a jerrican of fire-water next time I visit mother ("Why can't you just have a nice little car like everyone else?") in Fakenham. . . . . . . . . . . .

R.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
16 litres of supercharged radial engine with all 9 holes firing without a muffler in sight is pretty likeable, too.....go on, click on the picture!

Wow! Helluva sound! Very similar to the firing up of the Tiger at Samur.