Smoke, steam and rumbling gears. Aviation free zone!

[John Hill]

[Boac]

Magic, John, but I reckon one of the cylinders is misfiring............

[Rossian]

.....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?

The Ancient Mariner

[John Hill]

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

[bob2s]

I now know where the saying - As busy as a one-arm wallpaper hangar- comes from after seeing the gentleman steering that beast.

[limeygal]

Reminiscent of Zarniwoop's posts-fan of all things mechanical