This in turn had me musing over the birth of the jet engine that also took place in this part of England that would power military aircraft throughout the world. This got me thinking a little bit about the wartime military aircraft built and overhauled at Samlesbury which is only 10 miles from Darwen and how this engineering powerhouse would then go on to build Donald Campbell’s jet hydroplane Bluebird in the 1950’s.
WESTINGHOUSE J34 BEARINGS CRACK
Colin Fletcher, Area Sales Manager for Wessex Resins and Adhesives very kindly ensured we did however remain well stocked with their products so that I can crack on with it as soon as it is warm enough to proceed: So whilst at the end of January I had intended this month in getting the Dynel fabric embedded within the WEST SYSTEM EPOXY down on the underside of the hull, it simply would have been stupid on my part to have attempted the task under such circumstances. The heavy frost here over much of February put a hold on using epoxy in the workshop for most of the month, given the minimum temperatures required for it to cure could not be met without dimming all the lights in the neighbourhood with the amount of electricity it would have required. However during that time my wife and some friends of ours have now had their first jab as part of the vaccine rollout, as the rest of us wait in line with anticipation for our turn and we hope February’s big freeze here in Blighty was the last of the sub zero temperatures until next winter. We all know February is the shortest month of the year but for some reason it doesn’t seem two minutes since I wrote the last update.