Most of us have ended up on this forum due to an interest in aviation of some sort or another. However, being a clever sort of chap, methinks most people out there in the World Wide Wait land have other hobbies under their sleeves ?.
What are they ?
Personally, I’m into just about anything mechanical. I’ve rebuilt my own motorcycles and customised them, I’ve designed and built my own cars and currently I’m into powerboats in a big way (currently an instructor, hoping to pass my advanced instructor later this year). I’m also into sub aqua and intend getting my PPL later next year.
Problem is…work gets in the way !
Cheers
Gary
By: dcfly - 8th October 2002 at 13:27
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
Kelly
they’re not hobbies, they’re more a way of life ( I’m going green! must be the envy)
mines a large scotch
Dave
By: geedee - 6th October 2002 at 18:13
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
Cheers guys.
Gimme a couple of days to find the book (I have the transcript in front of me at the moment) and I’ll scan in a few pages and send ’em to you both. Wont do it just at this moment cos the C*rlsb*rg is getting the better of me…tastes infinatly better than the water and its also cold !!!…and its getting late here so apologies for any typos !!.
Kev…if you could find out if details of the guy, it’d be bladdy brill (and I’ll bear in mind your request). I understand that there is a sort of who’se who type of library for the Army at Aldershot (which is only about forty miles from my home in the UK) but I didn’t get the chance to visit before moving out here.
As I say, check your e-mails in the next few days.
Cheers
Gary
By: kev35 - 6th October 2002 at 17:54
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Geedee.
Yes, I would be very interested to read a transcript of the letter and if you can manage it some of the messages. If you send me the guys name I’ll see if I can find out anything about him. And, if by any chance you ever think of selling it let me know how much you want. You said you think he was an army despatch rider? If so he was probably in the Army Service Corps.
Regards,
kev35
By: Geforce - 6th October 2002 at 10:24
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
Hey, can you mail it to me, Geedee? I have to make a paper on a French WWI-pilot (Saint-exupery, spelling!). I can always use some extra information.
THX
By: geedee - 6th October 2002 at 10:11
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Key Kev
WW1 as well ?.
a few years ago at a car boot sale in Exeter, my parents brought me an old Shell Aviation Petrol can and the guys who sold asked if I was interested in avaition cos he had an old log book and flying helmet I could have. Naturally dad said yes so next weekend went along and sure enought the guy had the stuff and gave them to dad gratis.
Flying logbook my a***e.
Its a Field Message book used for taking signals and such like and the helmet I beleive is a dispatch riders cloth helmet (complete with leather ear cups and a neck extension). Both items have the owners name clearly printed and the message book has a draft letter to the owners sweetheart / wife dated two days after Armistice !!!.He did scribble over it to make almost unreadable but I have managed to get around 70% of the letter made out. There are dates for rugby matches between various units, parade details, personnel who are good at carpentry, regimental numbers and names all clearly laid out in this book.
There are numerous events and the dates are all very very shortly after the end of the war. Bloody intereting reading it is.
I would like to find out one day who this guy who owned it originally is and what unit / regiment he served in and if it still exists today. If it does then I am hoping that they would have a museum or such like that I could loan the items to rather me having them in a cardboard box.
If you are interested, I’ll e-mail you the transcript of the letter.
By: Geforce - 6th October 2002 at 10:08
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 06-10-02 AT 10:11Â AM (GMT)]Yeah, WWII is interesting. But I’m more interested in the French revolution, the battles of Napoleon and the creation of a new land, for the brave and the free }>. It’s a pity we only get European and American history, cause I would really like to know something about the Chinese, Arab or Indian culture. But you gotta start somewhere.
By: tomel - 6th October 2002 at 09:51
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
Hmmm….can i choose sex?
By: kev35 - 6th October 2002 at 09:43
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
I’m very interested in WWII aviation and also in the Vietnam war. I find the technical and strategic aspects interesting but am more interested in the personal aspect of war as it relates to the individual.
I’m very interested in the Great War as the three people I am proud to call Grandfather all served and were all wounded. I am currently researching the service details of several WWI soldiers and am cataloguing local war memorials with a view to providing a bit more information than just a name and sometimes a Regiment or service.
I also collect WWI and WWII memorabilia including medals, photographs, badges etc.
Regards,
kev35
By: Rabie - 5th October 2002 at 23:46
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
motorbikes (off road), a bit of driking, etc
rabie :9
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By: geedee - 5th October 2002 at 17:11
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-10-02 AT 05:13Â PM (GMT)]Quite a varied lot out there aint we ? Lots into sport and music (I could only ever polay the Kazoo properly and I dont like any sport that has anything to with a ball of any shape size or colour…gimme summat wiv an engine anyday.
Kelly
Youd better not come out here then !.
Lets see…riding stables two clicks away…beach two clicks away (actually there are five seperate beaches)…sunbathing hmmmm thats a hard one, havent had any rain out here since mid March I kid not…shopping, Limassol sea front is 15 klicks long…the sea temp today was a steady 23 ( I know cos I was in a few times today whilst teaching on a Safety Boat course) and the average vis is around 30 Metres
I’ll shut up there in case no one ever speaks to me again !
Cheers
Gary
By: KabirT - 5th October 2002 at 13:00
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
nope… i am just a innocent boy…. no smoking nothing….. :9
By: Geforce - 5th October 2002 at 12:56
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
sounds like you are the ideal husband, Kabir. LOL. Com’on you must have some hobby like drinking beer, smoking pot or watching (not playing) footbal :D.
By: KabirT - 5th October 2002 at 12:50
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
guitars (specialy performing live)
racing bikes (i race for my team owned by my grandad).
cricket
soccer
girls
cooking… till some extent.
By: frankvw - 5th October 2002 at 11:23
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Well, my job (IT), and modelling: I build plastic model planes, I just finished a BAe Hawk (The 74nd Sqn’s special tiger scheme one), and am currently building a 1/48th A-7E, and some 1/72nd ones: A F-86, a KA-6, a TF-104G, and some others 😀
By: wysiwyg - 5th October 2002 at 10:37
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
When I lived in Guernsey I got really into scooters! I did a full motorbike license while I was over there and then bought a bigger motorbike back in the UK (so that I can get from my home near Heathrow to Gatwick without getting stuck in M25 traffic). However I soon started to miss my scooters so I sold my bike and I’ve now got a 500cc scooter with a top speed of just under 120mph!
By: monster500 - 5th October 2002 at 06:13
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
hmm when not working i like to
travel
take photo’s
listen to music
and be with my family
By: JimP - 5th October 2002 at 01:28
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Golf, Rugby Union (of course), Baseball, Cricket, History, Movies.
Cheers,
Jim.
By: Merlin3945 - 4th October 2002 at 23:45
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I fly RC model aircraft. I fly sims. I build model aircraft. I run my website (aviation). I look for wrecks.
need I say more practically anything about planes. I dont do the spotting part though. I dont find airliners boring I like all flight but being near Edinburgh I have seen some good take off and landings in the passing but really dont want to sit and spot all day other than at Airshows.
Merlin
By: dcfly - 4th October 2002 at 22:43
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
plane spotting, guitars, music,writing stories, most sports(spectating)antiques,and this forum,
mines a large scotch
Dave
By: Geforce - 4th October 2002 at 22:08
RE: What other hobbies do you guys / gals have ?
Squash, snooker and pingpong …
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