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leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well just for you I will also add a box of tissues..Thanks for the comments, had a laugh myself.
youngestpilotinGa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
haha lol i would still be drolling lolol
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Today I would at least offer my neighbours some ear muffs, that would be the polite thing to do..!
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well, all this was 20 years before mythbusters, if only I knew stuff like this was so popular back then, mind you there was no internet back then..it was a very different time, difficult to gathering infomation.
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
sorry, can you repeat that, i'm a little deaf.
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Karl was the one who tracked down a Derwent, it took him quite a period of time to find exactly the engine he required, it was shipped out from England to Australia, and came pretty much how you see it in the video.It had been in storage for quite a period of time covered in a wax film.
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Its not us which rock, its the Rolls Royce Derwent which rocks, a lovely piece of engineering even to this day.
youngestpilotinGa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
if you were my neighbor and had theese things id be sitting there mouth open and drooling
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What the vido does not show is the many failed attempts to start the engine, lots of unburnt jet fuel, and some very tired batteries, the throttle control is a tiny arm at the front of the engine, with no indication of settings.
leokimvideo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
15 years ago when we first started mucking around with jets it was not a issue, these days people are very sensitive to noise, smoke and fire, I am not sure why the world has changed so much in such a short time. |
