S&S cheetah Mk1X

[ddeck]

i have recently found an s&s aircraft prop in an old coal shoot when i was doing a basement renovation. The prop is in immaculate original condition

markings on the hub read

D 90
P 78
Cheetah Mk1x
Anson 1
october 1943

i want to see pictures of that type of plane and doesnt anyone know what they are worth??

[Bob Gardner]

Hi,

Welcome to our forum.

Your prop is Canadian made for a Canadian built Avro Anson. The diameter is 90 inches and the pitch 84 inches. It had twin Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah radial engines. By 1943 the aircraft was used as a trainer for multi engine conversions, radio op training and navigator training.

If you Google Avro Anson and Armstrong-Siddeley Cheetah you'll find lots of info and photographs. Your prop is worth about 300 USD. Good luck.

With regards,

Bob

[Bob Gardner]

An afterthought. The prop was made by the S&S Aircraft Ltd of Winnipeg. Can anyone tell us something about this company? My attempts with Google etc have come to naught.

With regards to everyone,

Bob

[Dave]

Bob,

A number of people, including me, have tried to find information about S&S but have not been able to turn up very much. I have seen quite a few of their propellers surface, many are in exceptionally good condition, and most seem to have been made for the Anson, either like the one under discussion or another model using, I believe, a Jacobs engine.

[Bob Gardner]

'Morning Dave,

Yes, I have made several attempts to discover more, with no result. S&S props seem to be comparatively common in that I see two or three a year. I have several photographs of their decals. I wonder if we have a forumite amongst us who has connections with a Canadian Aviation Museum that might have details in their archives?

On a different note, I have just bought a SPAD S7 prop from a 140hp Hispano-Suiza engine. The only other one I know of is yours on your website. My prop probably dates from late 1917 which suggests that it is a routine replacement prop. This and the fact that I now know of two examples might indicate that the reference books are incorrect when they state that only the prototype had the 140hp engine.

Does any forumite know the production numbers of the 140hp variant?

With kind regards,

Bob

[ddeck]

I live in winnipeg mb, so im gonna try and head to the museum and see what i can turn up on the history of S&S... I think the basement i renovated was at one time the owner of S&S as the Shutters on the house read S&S

[Bob Gardner]

To find such a prop in the house owned by the maker is unique in my experience. Congratulations. I suggest that you might wish to take some photographs of the house and the shutters and write an account of how you found it, which you can keep with the prop, so that its history remains with it when you sell it on. People on this forum will be most interested and please tell us what you discover in your research. Winnipeg Central Library might also have information on the company.

With kind regards,

Bob