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Nick Odell[_2_]
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Today at school we built an aeroplane
On 01/03/2019 16:28,
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Kit of parts from Slovakia for £62,000 and just under a year to build
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...ntral-47415760
http://www.aerospacekinross.com/kinr...build-a-plane/
Certainly beats the plantpot stand I took home from woodwork at the end of term
Brilliant!
Mind you, I remember in the sixties, a chap (it nearly always was a
chap) would go into his shed with a few bits of spruce, some plywood and
some aerolite glue, nick the engine out of a VW Beetle and finish up
with one of these:
https://tinyurl.com/y5hvzbr4
I used to go and watch the Tiger Club at play with them when they used
to fly out of Fairoaks Aerodrome.
Nick
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