Birds of prey – no idea.

Rivers for turbines was supposed to show the idea of continous flow.

Mum’s are pretty special.

Mine’s 80 in May. We’re taking her to a beer festival to celebrate her birthday!

Regarding the hanging banners at East Fortune – I hope the idea doesn’t catch on in any other aviation museums – I think they are a darned nuisance and detract rather than add anything to the displays. Let’s keep to discreet pedestal-mounted aircraft details, I say!

Too late, Hendon’s full of them too.

To me, one of the more irritating things of the many…

My knowledge of ducted fans is limited to models and only then from reading about and seeing them. Gas turbines are beginning to take over but there are still a few die-hard enthusiasts out there.
It may be because of the scale effect mentioned above but they run at extremely high revs, up to 30,000 last I heard, and have very poor acceleration. Once they’re off the ground and up to flying speed it’s only the scream of a piston engine that spoils the effect.

I suppose it’s also possible that as they are generally used to get rid of the prop on a scale jet model, it’s probably not the optimum way to use one.

A very hazy guess would put the guy at around 50 years old now.

Laterally thinking, and Googling a bit.

A teaboy doesn’t drive a Porsche. Therefore the Porsche driver was likely to be a director or possibly a Coote.

Quote from a news archive dated 29th January 2001.

Long time Financial Director of Ripmax PLC, Richard Carlson, has died suddenly following a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 44.

He had worked for Ripmax for 21 years.

As an aside, he was the passenger that landed Max Coote’s Cessna after his collapse.

25 years ago I could have found out as a mate’s wife worked there. As I haven’t seen him, or her, for nearly 20 years it’s a bit late now.

I have a nice picture of me taken in 1943 as a 22 year old pilot in front of a B17 that I flew. But I dont know how to get it on the website.

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Assuming you’ve already got it on your computer, Click “Go advanced” and it gives you the option to upload images.

Coals to Newcastle. 1 EFTS was at Hatfield initially, then Panshanger.