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  • #16
    I finally got there. It is a Vickers Aircraft but not from Weybridge but from Crayford near Dartford in Kent, It pre-dates the Fighting Biplane. A series of experimental monoplanes were made, seven in all, from 1911 to 1913 when work began on the EFB, the Experimental Fighting Biplane.

    The photo below shows a prop like yours on the Vickers Monoplane 6 and below that the advert also shows that Vickers-Levasseur made props. Congratulations! It is a rare and very interesting prop, probably the only surviving example.




    I'm going to have a beer!

    With regards,

    Bob
    Bob Gardner
    Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
    http://www.aeroclocks.com

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    • #17
      I have discovered another interesting thread. A Vickers Monoplane was used by the 1913 Australian Antarctic Expedition. Has your prop always been in Australia or was it brought from England?

      Bob
      Bob Gardner
      Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
      http://www.aeroclocks.com

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      • #18
        Great work, Bob!!
        Dave

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        • #19
          Thanks Dave. It makes up for all the times you and I have got nowhere trying to identify a prop!

          Bob
          Bob Gardner
          Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
          http://www.aeroclocks.com

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          • #20
            Bob, The oral history of the prop indicates that it was brought to Australia when my elderly friend emigrated to here. I have lost contact with him but I will do a postal search and find him and try to get more details from him. Thank you both for your help. Regards, Grazza.

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            • #21
              Hello Bob, Please allow me to correct an error in a previous text. I managed to track down my elderly friend and he advises me that his Great Uncle payed Ten Shillings for the prop. Also I have obtained the data pertaining to Patent No.12466.12, ie. the text and the drawings and will be contacting a fellow maintenance engineer who is an expert in props to explain it all to me.I feel that the search is over and I sincerely thank you and Dave for your help in tracking down what data is available about the prop. I look forward to purchasing your revised prop book in about September,2008.
              Kindest regards, Grazza.

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              • #22
                Thanks Grazza. If possible, can you send me photos of the text and plans of the patent. Or better still tell me how to get my own copy? I have managed to obtain copies of German patents; that's quite easy! but I found myself going round in circles trying to see a copy of your patent.

                Bob
                Bob Gardner
                Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
                http://www.aeroclocks.com

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                • #23
                  Bob, Is it unusual for Levasseur designed props to have both the Helice-Levasseur decal/stamping and the Vickers-Levasseur decal on them or was this the usual practice at the time of manufacture ?.
                  Grazza.

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