Neil Russell 2

I stumbled across this thread whilst reminiscing about times past and the name Barrie Lever .... approaching 50 now but when I was a spotty teenager I became a member of Gateshead and District Model aircraft Club where me and my Brother learned to fly... we became friendly with 2 guys called Dick Wilson and Wilf Johns. Dick and Wildf introduced me to the world of Club 20... When I had become more proficient at flying I aquired a flair Dara and trracer vitesse from Dick and also one of his spare OPS21 engines which ran with a modified Irvine Tuned pipe.... I do remember the process of sending engines to barrie for spares etc and getting the letters back with the engine.. often a Bollocking for burring the screws on the cylinder heads.. One particular snotty letter was when I sent an engine back with a bent conrod for repair and a letter telling me off for using a solid roll hardened roll pin rather than the original type hollow ones Anyhoew my second hand engine was a good un and we got 21500 RPM out of it on a good day though generally about 18-19 was usual with a Graupner 7 x 6 My last Race was a meeting which was held in about 85 - 86 ish at Old Dalby where my racing dreams came to an end after an argument with a Big Oak tree.... Its nice to see you still engoying the racing Mr Lever and I wish you well.. happy days as they say and I wonder if you remember Dick and Wilf ??