It was a wonderful proxy TNF moment, although my wife was unfortunately not surprised that I knew something about Merlin engines, at least I knew where I owed that particular nugget of knowledge to!
Miss Shilling and her Orifice
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Tim Murray
, Oct 10 2010 21:06
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Posted 04 April 2022 - 22:16
It was a wonderful proxy TNF moment, although my wife was unfortunately not surprised that I knew something about Merlin engines, at least I knew where I owed that particular nugget of knowledge to!
Like many of us on TNF,I rattled out all the correct answers as soon as the questions were asked. If my wife wasn't impressed, then she should have been, but she already knew that Beatrice could have been my specialised subject on Mastermind, as I'd bored her with the much same knowledge during a programme on the Battle of Britain that we'd both watched a few weeks earlier. All her knowledge on motor racing comes from enduring listening to me going on about various aspects, but even she got the first question right, shouting out "Brooklands!" She managed to startle the dog.
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Posted 05 April 2022 - 07:33
That round definitely proved the notion that an easy question is one that you know the answer to.
Whereas - asking what Greek letter is formed by drawing lines between half a dozen specific elements on the Periodic Table…
Whereas - asking what Greek letter is formed by drawing lines between half a dozen specific elements on the Periodic Table…
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Posted 05 April 2022 - 07:49
That round definitely proved the notion that an easy question is one that you know the answer to.
Whereas - asking what Greek letter is formed by drawing lines between half a dozen specific elements on the Periodic Table…
Easy as Π for Imperial 
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Posted 08 December 2022 - 08:18
This popped up on Facebook:
Tilly Shilling and some of her Farnborough colleagues inspecting an Eagle. Dan had taken the car to Farnborough shortly before the British GP in July 1967, seeking their help in resolving an overheating problem. According to Matthew Freudenberg’s biography of Tilly she suggested certain alterations, but it’s not known what they were or if they had any effect.
Dan is obvious in the photo, and Harry Weslake is the older man with glasses next to Tilly.
Tilly Shilling and some of her Farnborough colleagues inspecting an Eagle. Dan had taken the car to Farnborough shortly before the British GP in July 1967, seeking their help in resolving an overheating problem. According to Matthew Freudenberg’s biography of Tilly she suggested certain alterations, but it’s not known what they were or if they had any effect.
Dan is obvious in the photo, and Harry Weslake is the older man with glasses next to Tilly.
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Posted 08 December 2022 - 08:36
Here’s Tilly at Brooklands on a Norton, probably the one with which she achieved her 100mph Gold Star:
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Posted 08 December 2022 - 09:21
This popped up on Facebook:
Tilly Shilling and some of her Farnborough colleagues inspecting an Eagle. Dan had taken the car to Farnborough shortly before the British GP in July 1967, seeking their help in resolving an overheating problem. According to Matthew Freudenberg’s biography of Tilly she suggested certain alterations, but it’s not known what they were or if they had any effect.
Dan is obvious in the photo, and Harry Weslake is the older man with glasses next to Tilly.
It's interesting that they were investigating an overheating problem. I don't know of any contemporary reports of such problems. Most early season retirements were due to failures of the fuel injection or ignition systems. Spa showed the car was capable of sustained high speed. Doug Nye said on History of the Grand Prix Car that the engine suffered from overheating but does not say whether this was in development or races.
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Posted 08 December 2022 - 09:37
Dan is quoted in the Freudenberg book:
If I remember correctly, we were up against an engine-cooling problem and didn’t have many options. The radiator was as big as I could get in the space allowed and we ended up putting ‘shark louvers’ on top of the nose and ‘elephant ears’ on the sides to extract the hot air after it passed through the radiator.
