Talk:Parnall G.4/31

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Recently, the following edit was made, brought here to preserve it: "According to the logbook of C. V. (Micky) Ogden (my late father), this aircraft was still flying at Filton in 1938 and 1939. It first appears in his logbook on 18.7.38 when he flew it for 60 minutes. It then appears again as follows: 1.9.38: 120 mins (2x), 2.9.38: 120 mins (2x), 3.9.38: 120 mins, 135 min, 5.9.38: 135 mins, 125 mins, 6.9.38: 120 mins, 120 mins, 7.9.38: 120 mins, 120 mins, 8.9.38: 10 mins, 9.9.38: 120 mins, 120 mins, 10.9.38: 125 mins. So over a period of 10 days, he flew the Parnall G.4/31 for 32 hrs 45 minutes. It appears again on 19.1.39: 110 mins, again on 4.2.39: 80 mins, 6.2.39: 125 mins, 18.2.39: 100 mins, 30.3.39: 90 mins, 5.4.39: 90 mins. Fish." FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC).
 * Interested to know what the log book actually says and if it refers to the "Parnall G/4/31" or one of the other G.4/31 designs? MilborneOne (talk) 21:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I have removed the paragraph as it is highly unlikely to have been the Parnall aircraft, and a logbook is not the best proof of factual information. If the logbook gives serial no or reg then it could be taken as read, but pilots typically use shorthand or abbreviation for aircraft types which can be inaccurate.

According to the logbook of C.V. (Micky) Ogden, this aircraft was still flying at Filton in 1938 and 1939. It first appears in his logbook on 18 July 1938 when he flew it for 60 minutes; over a period of 10 days from 1 September 1938, he flew G.4/31 for 32 hrs, 45 minutes and finally in the period from 19 January 1939 to 5 April 1939, another eight hrs, 5 minutes was accumulated in flight time.


 * more likely candidates are the Hawker P.V.4 which was Struck off charge at Filton on 29 March 1939 or the Vickers G.4/31, which was used at Filton "until the war as a flying test-bed". If a good source confirms it or the log book gives serial numbers that would be excellent.--Petebutt (talk) 01:36, 30 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Do we no how long the Bristol 120 survived at Filton, it was a G.4/31 design. MilborneOne (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2013 (UTC)