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Forum: The Clubhouse
04-24-2024, 09:29 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

There are so few diesel powered models these days...

There are so few diesel powered models these days that ready-mixed diesel fuel is impossible to come by here in France. However, our club chairman, Roger Aubard, has revived a small control liner...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-21-2024, 09:22 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

All of the candidates were successful in gaining...

All of the candidates were successful in gaining their flying qualifications yesterday, young Hubert passed on both fixed wing and rotary wing models. That boy seems to grow six inches every time I...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-20-2024, 10:58 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Too busy to worry about trolls today. Wash, shave...

Too busy to worry about trolls today. Wash, shave and full English breakfast at Aigurande before helping out at the qualification day.
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-20-2024, 09:58 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

P.S. A little piece of trivia concerning those...

P.S. A little piece of trivia concerning those American "traitors" who flew with Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain; they all wore standard uniform-issue RAF tunics. Pilots from nations...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-20-2024, 08:51 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I must admit that I have been thinking of...

I must admit that I have been thinking of finishing the Outlaw as a single channel model mostly to be flown on calm days. I could also demonstrate free-flight trimming to those whose only experience...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-20-2024, 06:04 AM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Keil Kraft used to be the biggest manufacturer of...

Keil Kraft used to be the biggest manufacturer of model aeroplane kits in England right through the Sixties and Seventies and Bill Dean designed most of the models. They were mostly free flight...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-19-2024, 08:25 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I've always admired the Tri Pacer. I expect that...

I've always admired the Tri Pacer. I expect that it will fly well.

As stated above, the club will be hosting an event on Sunday in which flyers will be able to gain nationally recognised...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-18-2024, 09:13 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I'd like to pick up on GG's point in Post 12263...

I'd like to pick up on GG's point in Post 12263 about the use of immoderate language in internet posts.

I saw a brief video on YouTube about an American volunteer in the Ukrainian International...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-14-2024, 09:47 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

We've had lovely weather in central France from...

We've had lovely weather in central France from Friday to Sunday with temperatures topping 20C (68F). Real tee shirt and shorts weather. I have been practising flying the Barons, trying different...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-12-2024, 08:39 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

In fairness to the well-known social network site...

In fairness to the well-known social network site they reinstated my post after I objected. For the life of me I can't see anything violent or inciteful in my original post.

Excellent flying...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-11-2024, 09:34 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I had another Big Brother experience yesterday...

I had another Big Brother experience yesterday when applying for a new British Driving Licence. Once you turn 70 in the UK you have to apply for a new driving licence every three years. They needed...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-11-2024, 06:55 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I asked the following question on "Glow Nation,"...

I asked the following question on "Glow Nation," on a well-known social media site. My post has been moved "lower in the feed" because it appears to incite violence! You couldn't make this up could...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-06-2024, 08:25 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Good day Bored and welcome! I am a qualified...

Good day Bored and welcome!

I am a qualified instructor in both Great Britain and France and would recommend a much larger aircraft as a trainer, something between five and six feet in the...
Forum: The Clubhouse
04-03-2024, 10:17 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Well you certainly have an interesting engine...

Well you certainly have an interesting engine there Mike though they have a bit of a mixed reputation. I have never seen a RCV SP running but at least some of them sound like a box of bolts when they...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-30-2024, 09:57 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I see that Peter Jackson's grandfather joined the...

I see that Peter Jackson's grandfather joined the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers in 1910. My maternal grandfather had been in the SWBs from 1898 to 1908 and had re-engaged in the summer...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-28-2024, 10:37 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Sorry I meant litho plate. Electric flight...

Sorry I meant litho plate. Electric flight getting into the act!
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-14-2024, 09:18 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Thanks for the info Mike. I made up a mock up of...

Thanks for the info Mike. I made up a mock up of a machine gun yesterday evening out of scrap balsa, a piece of tube and the remains of an ammunition belt from a Williams Bros machine gun! It's not...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-14-2024, 08:48 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I received some sad news yesterday evening. ...

I received some sad news yesterday evening.




To the Laser Engine Community,



It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you that AGC Sales/Laser engines will be closing in the near...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-12-2024, 10:16 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

You should have been an Aussie!

You should have been an Aussie!
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-11-2024, 10:00 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

So, 11th March has come and gone again, my...

So, 11th March has come and gone again, my seventy-sixth birthday! I celebrated it at the local restaurant with one of my dog-walking ladies who gave me a knife as a birthday present! I had to give...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-04-2024, 08:52 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

While you can buy the lozenge fabric, the...

While you can buy the lozenge fabric, the covering on the model displayed at our exhibition was painted. I'm not sure whether it was spray painted or painted by hand. The model was a replica of how a...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-01-2024, 09:04 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

Got the buttons back this morning! Lord...

Got the buttons back this morning!

Lord Hardthrasher has put up another video on the bomber war but this time it's not a carefully edited video but something much more unscripted. I think that you...
Forum: The Clubhouse
02-28-2024, 10:40 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

At the end of the street in which I grew up,...

At the end of the street in which I grew up, lived a family called Wheeler. During the Second World War Mr Wheeler flew a fighter-bomber. He spent part of his training in Florida on PT17s and AT6s....
Forum: The Clubhouse
02-25-2024, 11:21 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcuniverse.com-vb...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcuniverse.com-vbulletin/1049x1460/exposition_2024_826e398fa2167a902f1f086f38bbf03d0e918b59.jpg

I've got the "buttons" this morning on Firefox!

My club will be...
Forum: The Clubhouse
02-24-2024, 12:10 PM
Replies: 12,311
Views: 1,351,249
Posted By David John Davis

I like Toby Keith's "I Ain't As Good As I Once...

I like Toby Keith's "I Ain't As Good As I Once Was," which was on a similar theme.

I ain't as good as I once was
I got a few years on me now
But there was a time, back in my prime
When I could...
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