Picture(s) of the day....

[Hell Razor5543]

It that a wind tunnel?

[mickthemaverick]

I'd say between you, you have got a good idea. It is the now disused 24 foot diameter wind tunnel at Farnborough. Well worth a visit of both the wind tunnels and the FAST museum. Some more shots from the day:

The whole tunnel with airflow from right to left

The 'intake' honeycombe to smooth the flow

The fan which sucks the air from the testing area

Anti swirl blades which counter the swirl produced by the fan

A view across the working area from inside the exhaust port to inlet

The directional fins which turn the air from the exhaust round and direct it back via further similar fins to the intake.

[mickthemaverick]

Some shots of other parts of the museum:

A collection of valves

The development of Giros from bottom to top

Cameras used in the RAE through the ages

A SW Radio set

Information about the SW Radio

Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Engine information

VTOL Harrier

Nasty things from the Cold War era!

[CitroJim]

That looks a cracker of a day out Mick

[Gibbo2286]

So guess where I was yesterday.

[mickthemaverick]

Gloucester or Monmouth service day?

[Gibbo2286]

Gloucester or Monmouth service day?

Passed, no problems.
MOT day at Gloucester Mick, photos taken from a sitting position in the waiting area..
The group used to be Bristol Street Motors but changed now to VERTU, I wonder, do they mean the sales ladies in the showroom are virtuous?

[Gibbo2286]

Gloucester or Monmouth service day?

Passed, no problems.
MOT day at Gloucester Mick, photos taken from a sitting position in the waiting area..
The group used to be Bristol Street Motors but changed now to VERTU, I wonder, do they mean the sales ladies in the showroom are virtuous?

I think the yellow peril might suit Jim but hell aren't they big, you could hide an early R5 behind the current one.

[CitroJim]

Yellow or not, too big for me these days

Congrats on the MoT Eric

[bobins]

Some shots of other parts of the museum:

WE177 ?

[mickthemaverick]

Indeed bobins you are spot on, more info for the less knowledgeable can be found here!

[bobins]

They're as common as anything these days, you have to be careful you don't trip over them

WE177 locations - wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WE.177

[darbuck]

Kilbeggan American car show pictures from today just home. Not great photography but trying not to get innocent bystanders is nigh on impossible.

[CitroJim]

Awesome I'm quite a fan of old and nicely presented Yank Tanks, especially the muscle cars

[darbuck]

Likewise they are my favourite cars the panel work on some of them is artwork. I didn't partake in the grub. Decided to go for a carvery instead.