[simpits-tech] Sea Hawk

[Darren Beaumont]

Roy,

No-one said it would be easy.........;)

Any aircraft can be restored/re-built, it comes down to how much money and
time you can afford to put in.

Have you tried posting on the forums over at the ICC?  That'll be the place
to start.

Parts, especially instruments etc, for military aircraft from the 50's and
early 60's are quite common in the UK as most aircraft shared the same
instrumentation - made life a lot easier, its the later stuff thats near
impossible to find, ie 70s onwards.  I can find parts for a Spitfire,
Canberra, Hunter or even Lancaster quite easily, but try getting parts for a
Tornado, Jaguar, Buccaneer etc.

You might want to try the following folks..........

http://www.airsam.clara.net/

http://www.caseltd.com/

There was also some supplier contacts on the ICC website.

Of course without the APs you are basically stuffed, but I believe the RAF
Museum at Hendon or the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton should be able to
assist.

But in saying that, if you want it so badly, then perservere, you'll never
what you might come across.

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org]On Behalf Of Roy Coates
Sent: 30 October 2002 14:34
To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
Subject: [simpits-tech] Sea Hawk




Man... I figured that restoring an old cockpit AND making it work as a sim
would be a really fun project, and would preserve a cockpit for future
generations of daft bastards like us to enjoy.

This is HARD!  finding info and parts is a bloody nightmare.

I'm at the point where I have to either take the plunge, or back out and
build my replica Hawk cockpit after all.

Life sucks - and then you die.

</vent>

Roy.


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