It's a Lockheed hydraulic tank, but which Lockheed???

[retroaviation]

After reading the data plate, it's pretty obvious it's for one of the taildragger Lockheed products, but I just cannot figure out which one.






Gary

[PJ]

Not a PV-2 Harpoon.

PJ
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[51fixer]

Gary,
Looks British to me.
What are the initials on the insp stamp and what does the threaded fitting look like?
Rich

[retroaviation]

Ya know, I thought it was British too, until I read the data plate that mentioned "Lockheed fluid." But I think you're right. The fittings are definitely British. I wonder what "Lockheed fluid" is then? Is that a British brand, perhaps?

Here's a better look at the data plate and the inspector's stamp. It doesn't tell me anything, but maybe it'll help y'all..........




Gary

[bdk]

Well, here is the only application for the fluid I could find in the web:

Lockheed No 22 Fluid: For use in the main undercarriage shock absorbers in Comet and Nimrod aircraft.

http://www.dstan.mod.uk/dtd/data/0900aa.pdf

That at least gives you the era it was used in. I don't think the tank has anything to do with a Lockheed Aircraft product.

If it was from a former Texas based British aircraft, Mosquito maybe? How about a Shackleton?

[retroaviation]

Well, I did have some Mosquito parts laying around here at one time, so its possible that it may have come from one of those. The only thing is that I've had this tank for years and years...way before I had that other Mossie stuff. HOWEVER... this may be a bit of a stretch, but there is a "DH" in the serial number, so I wonder if that is the DeHavilland connection we need to identify this. I would think that a Mosquito would've had a larger reservoir than this though.

I dunno.

Gary

[PJ]

Maybe Lockheed hydraulic brake fluid.



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