Oh please god, don’t tell me they’re still seriously considering that awful tower! 😮

I’d much rather they concentrate on getting sky lights into the BOB hall roof!

I don’t think letting more light in is actually their intention, I was there Sunday at the BoB weekend, and it was darker than ever in the hall, despite the all glass front of the building; there may not actually be a ban on photographing the A/C, but you have to be pretty good at it in that dimly lit enviroment!

Yes well done, shame that the money has to be raised privately, as it is an “official” mistake.

Hold up, John C……only send your cheque after Knifedgeturn and TonyT have sent you their long list of warnings of doom, gloom and likely dire consequences…!! 😀

Just so long as you (the numpty up front) understand that you will (a) wreck the engine (b) have an accident of some kind (c) tip it on its nose when you have ‘control’ (d) break off a rudder pedal (clumsy oaf..!!) not to mention inhaling hazardous engine fumes, suffer hearing impairment, wet your pants and likely ingest radium from the instruments….

(a)-(c) are possible but not probable (d) is fact, the rest are at best humerous, or at least would be, if they weren’t used to illustrate Tangmere’s “we are all professionals, and you are just armchair enthusiasts”
view…….

I have no axe to grind, let them do what they like with their aeroplane, good luck to them and anyone else trying to earn a living in these times.

I don’t think Dunbar mentioned the word “control”.

Nit picking, tsk tsk! “under supervision from the rear seat” implies that you are not just a passenger, and that being the case, an element of control input from the front seat “occupant” is required; my response was to those who predicted an accident of some kind, and not the wording in Dunbar’s post.

Since when did Lockheed aircraft have fenders? (referred to in the picture caption)

I thought a fender was American parlance for a (car) bumper, or am I missing something?

Perhaps they mean a guitar?:diablo:

A puzzled and entirely unconvinced, Anon.

I don’t believe that Leo Fender was producing guitars in the ’30’s, but the Gibson bros were, and one of those was called Orville; coincidence? I think not!

You didn’t say what type of tubing it is, if it is from an A/C it is probably high tensile and quite thin, that being the case you will need to “cherry ” the metal to bend without cracking; the introduction of sand may help but will dissipate the heat, and you will need a big flame!

NBC in the US reported “Neil Young, first man on the moon has died”….

Neil Young was on the moon………….Harvest Moon (the album) easy mistake what with the words Neil and moon all in the same sentence!

A good point; perhaps thats why people join gangs!

The bloke in the shed will at least own his A/C, whereas the team will squable over ownership, and ultimately one of them will run off (and hide) with the aeroplane……