Also just found NNI

FAIRIES

This was the old Heston Aerodrome, now has the British Airways Concorde Club – staff club built on what was the aerodrome, as Joe said, the buildings are now gone and that area redeveloped. I seem to remember the BOAC club building going up at the beginning of the sixties, being renamed Concorde at the end of the sixties. I think that the airfield was dead by about the mid fifties, probably being too close to LAP and the main approach for No 1 runway, other than Richard Fairy’s commuting helicopter each day.

Cheers Brian.;)

Piaggio’s

May I join in guys, very nice photos, could I offer two photos from my collection, the original P166 demo unit I-GULL and a P136 G-APNY. I know that I-GULL was taken at Croyden, PNY no real idea but could have been Croyden again going by the hangers. But apart from this I’m afraid that I cannot help at all with the original question.

Cheers Brian.:D

Never heard of them, AOL was too slow, cable is better if you have it in your area, I have had BT for last 3 years, thought that if they run the telephones they might be better than most – wrong!! – but changing over with business line, emails, etc, does not bear thinking about – hoping they will install cable in our area at some stage (Stonehenge) – but guess they are scared of what they might find!.

What made you marry one of Gaddaffi’s men?

Cheers Brian.

Wankel Engines

A Wankel Engine is a Rotary engine, it does not contain any crankshaft or pistons nor does it look like a normal internal combustion engine either externally or in its design.

If you imagine a triangular sponge baking tray, with a hole in the middle for a drive shaft coming up through and connecting to a three bladed rotar with seals on the end which sweep round intaking fuel/air mixture in one area, exploding in next area, exhausting in third area, etc..

This is obviously a very crude outline, to understand rotary engines you must read some books on engine design, they do have a number of advantages, size and smoothness of running among them. Hope this helps.

Cheers Brian.:)

I had recently joined this company and was standing in the queue in the canteen, behind me someone was waffling on and on about something, for some reason I said – without looking round – ‘why don’t you go and join Snow White’ – then turned round to find the small guy from accounts with the full bushy beard and pebble glasses – the ideal candidate! – leaving me trying to say ‘Hello Ian, I did’nt know it was you ………dig hole….dig deeper ……

Cheers Brian.:D

I know I have a couple of photos, I will try & dig them out this weekend.

Cheers Brian.;)

Yep – found the following 3 off tigers, sorry 4 off I-NONO included to replace an error;:D