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If CASA play the game and give the approval, there might just be a display of a 30% scale model of Matt Hall's race plane:whistling:[ATTACH=full]27283[/ATTACH]

One of your collection?

No mention of fine RC models.

You must be slipping Mick!

Quite a bit of the Thames valley around Chertsey is already under around a metre of river water.

If you come across the bastard who though it was so funny to run off with my clothes along the riverbank near Chertsey Bridge while I was entertaing a certain young lady about 50 yrs ago and throw them in the river, please give me his phone number, as I owe him a real gobfull of abuse:angry:.

:welcome:deekeej.

I'm now semi-retired but had over 50 yrs running my own business with automatic gates ,from domestic jobs to aircraft hanger doors, motorising lead-filled doors on the Oncology unit at the Matre Hospital in the Hunter Valley, boom gates and security access systems, so now enjoy wearing socks, t-shirts, undies, and sneekers without them being full of holes from welding every day.

Something for you to look forward to mate:spot on:.

The only Triumph I ever owned was a Maroon coloured Triumph 500 Speed Twin (ex- London coppers bike) The bike is long gone, but I still have the chrome-plated Pyrene fire extinguisher from it.

And so say all of us:celebrate:

Thank you Ian

Looks really good. The fairings will take a bit on top of aileron and flaps. What prop and engine does it have.Is the rego legal?

My RV4 is sitting at the airstrip, unflown for 2 months due to my breaking a leg. Only 8 hours on it so far, 32 to end of flight testing. The first flight was really good, it behaved just a it should and was easy to land. Will you do the first flight yourself?

Sorry to hear you broke half (or is that 1/3rd) of your undercarriage. Take care mate and get well soon.

I'm sure that after the build time you are chomping at the bit to get her in the air again.

Kind Regards

Planey

Looking good!

I assume the 80% refers to the un-finished hanger and 10% to the RV?

YOU GOTTA BE SHI**IN’ ME

Have you ever wondered who first uttered the phrase "You Gotta Be Shittin’ Me?"

Well, it just so happens to have originated through the Father of the USA, way back when George Washington was crossing the Delaware River with his troops.

There were 33 (remember this number) in Washington’s boat. It was extremely dark and storming furiously and the water was tossing them about.

Finally, Washington grabbed Corporal Cox and stationed him at the front of the boat with a lantern. He ordered him to keep swinging it, so they could see where they were heading.

Corporal Cox, through driving rain and cold, continued swinging the lantern back and forth, back and forth.

Then a big gust of wind and a wave hit and threw Corporal Cox and his lantern into the Delaware. Washington and his troops searched for nearly an hour trying to find Corporal Cox, but to no avail. All of them felt terrible, for the Corporal had been one of their favorites.

Sometime later, Washington and his troops landed on the other side, wet and totally exhausted. He rallied the troops and told them that they must go on.

Another hour later, one of his men said, 'General, I see lights ahead.' They trudged toward the lights and came upon a huge house.

What they didn't know was that this was a house of ill repute, hidden in the forest to serve all who came.

General Washington pounded on the door, his men crowding around him.

The door swung open, and much to his surprise stood a beautiful woman

A huge smile came across her face, to see so many men standing there.

Washington was the first to speak, 'Madam, I am General George Washington and these are my men. We are tired, wet, exhausted, anddesperately need warmth and comfort.'

Again, the Madam looked at all the men standing there, and with a broad smile on her face, said, 'Well, General, you have come to the right place. We can surely give you warmth and comfort. How many men do you have?'

Washington replied, 'Well, Madam, there are 32 of us without Cox.'

And the Madam said, 'You gotta be shittin’ me!!!’

A doctor on TV said to have inner peace we should always finish things

We start & then we will all have more calm in our lives.

I looked around my house and hanger, to find things I'd started and hadn't finished,

so I finished off

a bottle of Merlot,

a bottle of Chardonnay,

a bodle of Jin,

abutle of wum,

tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins,

an a boks a chocletz.

Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now.

Sned this to all who need inner piss.

An telum u luvum.

The big wing normally goes at the front during assembly if you can get this bit right

Till next week:yikes:

Even the work bench looks a work of art. Well done Phil, you must be as happy with your progress, as we are to envy it.

When you finally sell all those clamps on Ebay, i'm sure you'll have enough to buy the donk to go on the front.

Can't wit to see pics of the finished job.

"Tempory Aussie's" on the track and in the air by the sound of things:doh:

Just been looking for some pictures of it that I took at Natfly, but they must be on the hard drive that recently carked it.

Anyway, it's good to know that it served you well.

Kind Regards

Planey

PS almost 5yrs since the previous post in a thread is probably a record.

Looks like a one-off oportunity to them, anyway

Sopwiths? Just how old do you think I am? I was going to mention Argosy, Varsity, Britannia, Meteor, Vampire, Venom, Buccaneer, Lightning and Gnat, countless gliders and even a space shuttle, but I figured no-one would believe me!!!My early days with a glider began at RAF Up Avon... not so many aircraft to dodge, but I do have vivid memories of lumps of burning straw rising up from nearby stubble-fields, hitting the underside of the Kirby Cadet... canvas and wood + flame = very quick circuit!!! Thank you farmers.

 

Redair.

At least that saves it going all over the Monday morning washing.

Flew back from Spain on a British Eagle Brittania with the seats facing backwards. Don't know what happened to that idea.

BRISTOL BEVERLEY'S, sacrilege. Blackburn lad, Blackburn.

Congratulations for spotting the deliberate mistake Doug.

G'day Tlamdweeb. greetings from down-under. Never expected to see a posting from Swindon on this website... small world, I was originally from Ciren. Where do you fly out of over there? I know what you mean about busy airspace... Herc's, VC10's, Tornados, Harriers, Chinooks, Hunters, Hawks, Red Arrows, B52's, B1's, A10's, Jaguars, Andovers, Balloons, Vic and his wing-walkers, microlights and then after lunch.... OK, so I guess a few of those don't come over any more, but the sky was never quiet. Took a few years to get used to seeing 1 plane a week over here.Sure you'll enjoy it over here, and bring pictures of the Magic Roundabout... Aussies will never believe it!

Regards, Redair.

Geez Redair,

You forgot the all important Bristol Beverly's, not to mention the Sopwith Pup's.

Welcome Bill

Well done Chris.

I bet we know what you dreamed about last night:plane:?

When a man talks dirty to a woman its considered sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man its at least $2.50/min (charges may vary).

Careful what you post Phil:yikes:

This could be the start of another 700 odd post thread, and bring out all the animal liberation mob.

PS

My Tip. A bit of Maggi Seasoning makes a bit of roo on the barby taste much better !

Poms like their baked beans, so they could easily get blown away:yikes:

They certainly seemed to go the distance, probably due to the fact that they didn't wring out every ounce of energy that was possible

Spot on Nev.

Simplicitity is the essence of reliability, though not necessarily maximum performance.

I'd sooner suffer my version of it, than his Phil.

He sounds like lucky guy to have got away that lightly.

My old dad was involved in an accident on a police motorbike, and wound up with stainless steel plates and screws in his arm and leg as a result.

He said "As I don't have much money to leave you kids, when I die. take me to the scrapyard, you might at least get a few quid for the stainless"