Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
Re: Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
Magic, John, but I reckon one of the cylinders is misfiring............
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.....when I saw the title of the video I had a little pause - is that our South Island curmudgeon leaving this mortal coil and someone is posting using his handle?? I do hope not. If not (DV) who was John?
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Re: Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
It was another John, the one with a farm near Timaru.
Timaru of course is the town near where Richard Pearse flew his aeroplane in 1903, or maybe did not, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_P ... g_the_myth
Timaru of course is the town near where Richard Pearse flew his aeroplane in 1903, or maybe did not, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_P ... g_the_myth
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
Re: Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
I now know where the saying - As busy as a one-arm wallpaper hangar- comes from after seeing the gentleman steering that beast.
Re: Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!
Reminiscent of Zarniwoop's posts-fan of all things mechanical