Originally posted by DazDaMan
I can just see it now – Al, Snapper and the seagull-hunters loading up with a basket of sandwichs, a flask of tea (probably laced with something that has more of a kick! ;)) and a few rockets – with that something “extra” – for a day down the beach…. 😉

2 bottles of Highland Park , a Zippo and a gun , good day out !!!

Did you get the “stuff ” I sent you Daz , if you didn’t get it tonight then Post Office will probably throw it in tomorrow – DONT throw away the Jiffy Bag – I had the plans for the Turner T20 which has a nice canopy and I meant to put a copy inside the Jiffy , but I forgot so they are taped to the back in a separate envelope .
All in a huge Jiffy bag marked plainly “HARDCORE SPANKING ” 😀

Originally posted by kev35
Alastair.

Fancy fooling about with rockets. I thought you’d strap half a dozen to your latest tractor!:D

And before you suggest strapping them to my wheelchair I’ve already had a better suggestion. ‘Pinkie’ Stark, 609 Sqdn Typhoon pilot, suggested I should bolt a Napier Sabre to the front! And take up the option of four 20mm cannons of course. Come in handy round ASDA.

Regards,

kev35

😀 😀 . Kev , have you thought about uprating your wheelchair !! , my Uncle Bob has one and I replace the Gel-cell batteries for him every year or so , on the small PCB below the joystick there is some small pots which you use to set the soft start speed , directional bias etc – neat stuff !! , some of the newer ones are programmable via a laptop , a certainty for making black marks all over the local ASDA lino 😀 😀

Bloody hell Primer , that sounds like a missile !! , I’ve tried one of these Estes rocket starter packs – good fun for a while , until the wadding gets stuck – the parachute doesn’t open , and that’s it – rocket gone . Can you buy these in bigger sizes – the only ones I can get in model shops here in Scotland are only about 1ft long , interesting hobby !!!

Originally posted by Primer55
The 2 coolest thing I’ve ever done, in my own opinion, are:

1. Sky Diving
2. Launching a 2-stage experimental rocket whose both recovery systems (one for each stage) didn’t work

Regards,
Primer

What happened to the rocket ?? , did you manage to find any bits of it ?? , what size was it ?? sounds interesting .

Originally posted by Hand87_5

Nothing ,too sentimental. I wish I will never have to deal with such a hard situation. I’m really happy that your kids made it guys.
My sister in law lost a 14 year old sun. It was one of the most painful situation I ever lived. [/B]

All I want for my kids and wife in the future is health and happiness , as long as my kids are happy I’m fine .
I used to work non-stop , overtime every day , working weekends , then one of my neighbours sons , Stuart Macintyre (aged 16) , died because some junkie scum sold him a bottle of Methadone . He managed to walk home , wish his mum goodnight and went to bed and he never woke up , I was the first person to see him after his mother tried to wake him – I was just getting into my car to go to work – and I heard his mother screaming , he was still breathing but I was told later that within 2 hours he was brain dead and all the effort in the world would not have saved him , that image is burned into the back of my mind and I think about him a lot , here was a 16 year old boy who was the usual scallywag 16 year old who was alive with a future in front of him one day – and was gone the next day ( he actually lived from the Tuesday until the Friday – then the switched off the ventilator etc) .

Number 1- My son beating cancer.

Scott [/B][/QUOTE]

As a father I hope , like any other father , that my 2 lads will be healthy all their days . Cancer is one word I hope I will never hear near my kids – to hear of somebody beating it is a astounding . You can do what you want with your life , you can have all the money in the world , but you can’t buy your health.
My eldest son ( Jamie ) was named after Jamie Whitham who was leading the BSB with 4 races to go and was hit by Cancer – he beat it – and got back racing the next year , getting a bit sentimental here , sorry.

Originally posted by DazDaMan
It gets more interesting.

Brian e-mailed me again today, stating that he was sure “his” Spitfire didn’t have a pointy tail, plus he swore there were two Spits, a Mosquito wing, engine (being used as another wind machine) and an Me108 in bits.

Anyone able to throw more light on the subject?

I’m sure Tony Agar managed to salvage some bits of Mosquito at Borehamwood , where Neilly ?? he’ll know. I can vaguely recall a magazine article years ago which covered Mossie remnants , there were bits at Borehamwood , bits in a Maltese scrapyard , a large chunk of wing at the end of a ( Welsh ?? ) runway , bits from a Mossie in Mexico ?? , anybody else with any clues ??

Originally posted by EN830
Tall glass thing with a large cork stopper that you can keep pasta in

“Pasta La Vista Baby ,, BOOM !!” 😀