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MG TD TF 1500 - Off topic BTH magnetos

Hello, not an MG component, but this board has a great well of knowledge. I have 1939 deHavilland Tiger Moth with BTH magnetos. Does anyone on this board do this work or know someone who does or someone who has parts? Any assistance would be appreciated. These are my spares so I am still fly.

Regards, Tom
tm peterson

Try Skipsoldbikes on sbrolund@yahoo.com
and or https://www.jockeyjournal.com/threads/magnito-question-on-new-bike-ajs.131466/
or John McNarry https://www.facebook.com/john.mcnarry
Len
Len Fanelli

Wouldn’t the magnetos need to be rebuilt at an FAA authorize repair station?

Australia or the UK might be the best location, lots of Tigers down/over there.

I have lost contact with a friend who rebuilds them, last he was on Hindmarsh Island in South Australia. Will check and see if any of my contacts know his whereabouts.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

Try getting through to Kermit Weeks at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Fl. He would likely know. George
George Butz III

Email John McNarry mcnjr@mymts.net,he has been one of the workers on a WW2 Biplane in Canada and it is just about ready for wheels up! Oh and he is a TC owner!
Len
Len Fanelli

Hi, thanks to all..as I said, a wealth of knowledge here on this board.

Peter, you are partially correct..as an A&P with Inspection Authorization I can supervise the work and sign off the repair.

These leads are useful. The “old timers” in the field are dead or out of the business. I am aware of repair stations in both OZ and Great Britain who do the work. The other issue besides technicians “timing out” is the NOS spares are or are close to being dried up.

Thank you all again. Regards, Tom
tm peterson

Tom, although not a Tiger Moth, you might enjoy this read:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/289419/hornet-flight-by-ken-follett/

Jud
J K Chapin

Thanks Jud, I will check it out.

Regards, Tom
tm peterson

Flew a Chipmonk once, lovely aircraft to fly! PJ
PJ Jennings

When I was in the Aussie Air Force one of our pilots had a Tiger Moth.

There is a photo of him in formation with our P-3B, him nose down in a dive the P-3 nose up with a lot of flap. Picture was taken from a single engine trainer aircraft.

The pilot went on to fly the DC3 and Argosy later in life.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

The Argosy was an interesting looking airplane. I sent the Mags to an overhaul firm in England. They still have supply of NOS parts from 70 years ago! The only thing they don’t is armatures and they rewind those. 1 month turn around.

Thanks to all.


Regards, Tom Peterson
tm peterson

The first airplane that I flew was a tiger moth in 1949. Then I purchased a PT26A from war assets and flew it home. It had 946 hour on airframe and zero hours on new engine.
Then much later I was in RCAF and we had 45 chipmonks on training duty. The big weak point was the contact points in Mags. We actually changed them on line.
Should have purchased one when the RCAF dropped them. They went for $3500.00. yes 35 hundred dollars Canadian
Sanders

Had a Dr in Champaign, IL when I was going through A&P school.. bought his P-51 Mustang in 1959 for $9000.

And then their is Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt pilot bought a mini-air force of WWII surplus airplanes and had more value in the gas in the tanks than he paid for the fleet..they were all at full tanks.

Regards, Tom
tm peterson

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