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    Covid 19

    in Chit-chat

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    For work I drive for a private higher taxi firm, until 10 days ago we wasn't very busy with business travel cancellations, however the last ten days we have been very busy with private educated foreign students returning to home to worried parent's earlier than the planned Easter holidays, and where it's affordable for some, parents have sent private jets for their children's return.

    The two travellers this morning were students and were supplied by the Chinese Government and sent by parents in good time for there use 'Asmat suits' and I wasn't the only one because I noticed other taxi's turning up with student passengers on-board wearing the same.

    So at Birmingham International 10.30 am on the 21st of March 2020 - whilst driving in I noticed that the car parks and drop off areas were virtually empty and the stored aircraft parked on the apron out numbered the amount of cars I could see, estimated by myself at   2:1   I guess.

    Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 21/03/2020 14:50:59

    PSSA Gliding Events

    in PSSA General Chat

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    Hi Phil,

    Please rethink your communication, the reason being, in the last few weeks I've been on a couple job’s, trips that involved moving around Doctors and Laboratory types from Public Health England and Research Labs working on the Coronavirus and from the back of the car I was told how frightening Covid19 is! It consumes people and is life changing for them and their families.

    Coronavirus is up to 20 times more infectious than the winter ‘common or garden’ influenza, and it can kill some, not unlike the types of people - the ones that visit and attend our meetings- .

    Even though we are in the open air and you set up a boundary distance from each other why risk anyone in the PSSA group or visitors to it? And please don't put your name to such a meeting at this high risk time especially in the periods you have chosen.

    In April in the UK we will be at the start of this countries rising numbers of this disease leading to the peak some time after. I say 'stay at home' and leave it 12 weeks from now it being March end 2020 and reassess it then at the end of June. By then the risk and knowledge of the Coronavirus will be better known by everyone, from expert's to lay people alike and how we are to deal with it.

    For group meetings from June 2020 onward's I'm sure we can all choose what we want from life our livelihoods and our families and this of course will include when we want to go slope soaring.

    A considered thread entry to a friend, please don't make me or others worry about something else, especially a simple slope flying event.

    Don't add the activity of slope soaring to the bad numbers associated with Covid19, not this year please.

    Kind regards Mark.

    Sabre F86

    in Full Size Aviation

    Posted

    Tailplane movement at video time 1.30 onwards.

    The Planes of Fame Air Museum's F-86F starts up and taxi's out for a flight. This video was filmed during the Planes of Fame Air Museum monthly event for June, 2010

    Sabre F86

    in Full Size Aviation

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    Sabre F86

    Its success led to an extended production run of more than 7,800 aircraft between 1949 and 1956, in the United States, Japan and Italy. Variants were built in Canada and Australia.

    Building a Depron Vulcan (smallish)

    in Electric Ducted Fan

    Posted

    Hi Foxfan, I'm at the drawing stage and working out strength of design via test pieces, your welcome to view the development so far via my album pictures here's a Link . Descriptions of whats going on are with each picture labels.

    The size will be based on these two sized of models, myself with two 44" span epp versions. 

    mark kettle with his avro vulcans epp model white and camouflage.jpg

     

     

     

    Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 08/02/2020 09:56:22

    Sabre F86

    in Full Size Aviation

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    Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome.

    The North American Aviation F-86D Sabre (sometimes called the "Sabre Dog" or "Dog Sabre" was a transonic jet all-weather interceptor.

    Based on North American's F-86 Sabre day fighter, the F-86D had only 25 percent commonality with other Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome.

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