No steep dives, please, Michael!

[mthee]

Might be of interest to some on here, if available in catch-up;

DOCUMENTARY: Spitfire: The People's Plane
Channel: BBC World Service 711
Date: Saturday 19th June 2021
Time: 18:30 to 18:50
Duration: 20 minutes.
The Shilling Factor. Episode 6.
As brilliant as the Spitfire is, it has one major flaw. Take her into a steep dive and fuel can't reach the engine. A solution is urgently needed. That's a job for the fastest woman in Britain: champion motorcycle racer and pioneering engineer, Beatrice Shilling.
(Episode 6)

[Steve Lake]

as an ex raf bod, we all knew about the 'Shilling' modification to the big SU carburettor ... as i remember, it was called 'tilly's orifice'

and was, as i recall implemented on the early variants of the spitfire and hurricane which tended to cut out when inverted ....

great story

[Moto63]

I’ll try and get this series on catch up. Cheers for the heads up Matt 👍

[Itsme]

I read an excellent book about Beatrice Shilling but I can't remember the title. She was a hell of a woman and had so much talent.

Spartacus

[themoudie]

Here are the book details:

Negative Gravity: A Life of Beatrice Shilling
Mathew Freudenberg
ISBN 10: 0954616502 ISBN 13: 9780954616502
Publisher: Charlton Publications, 2003

There is also this book that has just been published:

BEATRICE SHILLING A GIRL WITH GRIT!: BORN IN 1909 SHE SAVED OUR PILOTS IN WWII. GAINED A GOLD STAR AT BROOKLANDS RACING BIKES & CARS AT 100MPH! WAS A STEM PIONEER BEFORE HER TIME WHILE FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY IN A MAN'S WORLD. 'TILLY' SHILLING DID IT ALL!
by ELSIE O'NEILL
ISBN-13:    9781838181925
Publisher:    Ballycopeland Books UK
Publication date:    01/23/2021
Pages:    136

Enjoy a good read.

Regards, Bill

[mthee]

Here's a link;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtv79/episodes/downloads

[Itsme]

Cheers for the book info Bill. Just out of interest is there anything you don't know!

Seriously it is a very good book and well worth searching out a copy.

Spartacus

[themoudie]

Lots!  My Mum and Dad both had enquiring minds and it rubbed off! It can be very distracting and frustrating for me and others, as the wee light bulbs go on! And on, and on, and on ...........! 

[Itsme]

Hey Bill let the lights go on and on mate. I grew up in a house where mum and dad often went without things for themselves so they could buy books to educate me and my siblings. There can never be too much thinking in the world.

Spartacus

[themoudie]

Agreed Spartacus, but I'm sorry to say that the "Classics", Willie Shakespeare, films, "Tinsel Town" and video/online gaming have passed me by!    I'd much rather be reading about "Tilly's orofice", rebuilding an engine or watching the World turn!

Good health, Bill