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Talking of old stuff !!! Going back a few years where as a club we used to make our own fuel I found this invoice from 1978 showing the price of 25lts of methanol !!

I'm with the Bush !! We do vet prospective members but not in an official way , they can come and fly with us for free for a while and if they like it , and we like them , they stay and join ! If they dont like it we never see them again , kinda self regulating . In the last 5o years there have only been 2 non joiners and that was because in those days we were a little restricted on flying times and they could not use the site when they wanted to .( now there are no restrictions ) The farmer used to race Formula Ford and now races tractors so he loves noise and speed )!! we have found that if a prospective member is keen and makes the effort of finding out about us, not that easy , he is usually the sort of guy we welcome and would be an asset to the club .

our club is based on one of those bits of scrub land , not fit for anything so the farmer says ,and lets us have it virtually for free to do what we like . "We" are a very very small group of mainly elderly folk who have been flying together for 50 years or so , We have no facilities or ameanities or financial burdens , just the petrol for the mowers ,and just a small patch on which we can fly happily all year round and at any time for the odd pint or two . our club motto Is to have fun !! and we still do ! cheers

If some club members are desperate for a regular fix and their club is in the restricted zone , then I would have thought other clubs that lie just outside the zone, could accommodate them for a few sessions ? cheers

I have tried alum with no success , so now I use those little diamond "drills" you get for the Dremmel , then all you need is patience , lots of it and many drills , However if you know a dentist , a rapidly vanishing body , they have super quality "drills" , and try to get some worn out ones , they do last a lot longer ! A good quality tap then finishes it off . Had to do it last month on a 1984 Moulton , ( spares as rare as dentists !!)

My wifes' hairdresser has just been !!

they still look strange in the air flying like flying backwards , but not as strange as a real aerial and one with a flag !! excellent !

I know some of todays mini turbines have their "Blisks" made by the same firm that supplies Rolls-Royce . But having worked in the industry for many years , I still never stand in line with the turbine full size or model ! cheers

inco 738 for theturbine

In the mid 60s I was working with J L Scott Scott the rocket man and also an avid aero modeller and engine expert assisting ED . Our dream was to produce a small gas turbine , The compressor was machined on a cleaver adaption of a Gorton milling machine to produce 3D , John did all the "maths " and it came out at 140,000 rpm !! At that time my proper job was to come up with a bearing , for rocket turbo pumps that would do 70,000 and last long enough to get the craft into orbit . It was a self lubricated hydrodynamic self aligning bit of kit , the basis of which is used on many baby jets of today . The turbine was genuine turbine material of the day ,which eludes me at present did it run ?? not really , and when it did eventually the back end melted ! Great fun cheers Google JL Scott Scott if you have an interest in British Rocketry

I use little bottles I get from my wifes' hairdresser for free . They have long pointed snouts so are ideal , Just have to wash them out before use . I find them perfect I have them for Aliphatic , PVA ,oil, T cut , the list is endless not good for PU!! ( foaming glue like Gorrilla) cheers

had this lot given , does it have any value to anybody ?If just ask before the bin takes hold , there are also some servo horns with square drives , old Futaba ??

I have one of those Sbach and I like it a lot , The only problem I have encountered is the cockpit cover has removed itself twice now during very violent manouvers !! and the "hinges" the as is foamy ones , fail and so its now go proper ones !

We did a club demo at a Nuneaton many years ago , where they had a central area surrounded by the public ! Dose not bear thinking about nowadays !! My 1/2A Mustang powered by a TD051 was fast and smooth flying , so was part of the display . no throttle so it just ran on the 2 oz tank ??? which was always long enough . At the demo it went on and on , the Tannoy bellowed out , "would the flying club please land your time is up." But the engine would not cut , at least 3 pilots tried to kill the fuel flow , vertical climbs ,snap rolls , inverted , all the lot but to no avail .The adjoining railway line was our only safe ish area in which to put it down , It did land eventually in a pile of sawdust in the arena where the Shire horses had been !! It was never invited again ! thank goodness

Thanks chaps , the Cox wiki is very interesting , and yes he has a good few Coxs as shown . and I think they are great , the TEE DEEs, although its a Norvel that powers my 1/2A Mustangs !!