[Vwdiesel] Vimy bomber replica

[Tony Boucher]

Give them to me and I can send them from the office. 2 MB pipe should do. 
:-)



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>From: Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net>
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>There are enough aviators here, that I am unabashed at posting this.
>
>I had the experience of a lifetime today, as 4 guys in 2 cessna 150's (I 
>was
>one of them), accessed by canola burning VW diesel, (obligatory diesel
>content) landed at Ottawa's Rockcliffe airport and taxied up the the new 
>air
>museum hanger where Steve Fossett's Vimy replica is being prepared for its
>Atlantic crossing. There was not much public fuss, it seemed to have gone
>almost without notice.
>There it sat in the hanger with the doors open, while 3 airmechs fitted
>cowlings to the engines. To demonstrate how informal things were, I, and a
>friend, held one of the cowlings in place while the airmech fitted it to 
>the
>brackets and installed the fasteners.
>
>Needless to say, my digital camera got up close and personal with the 
>plane.
>The biggest (Garret?) turbo I have ever seen, an intercooler the size of a
>mack radiator, V8 orenda liquid cooled piston  engines made in toronto, and
>60 some odd feet of fabric covered wings.
>
>Once I get the pix sorted (good from duds) and burned to a disk, I will
>arrange to go somewhere that has high speed, and send them to those who
>might be interested.
>
>No way am I going to try to shove them through my 56k modulated knothole.
>I should live so long.
>
>Tony, any ideas?
>(Tony is my golf flogging computer guru)
>
>Sandy
>
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