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Andrew Johnston

05/09/2019 19:46:49

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To pick up on some points made by Karl; first I don't belong to a club. I rely on forums, especially TT, reading and some informal gatherings. If I don't know something I'll experiment, see what happens and learn from it.

As far as LSM are concerned I'd be cautious,although I now know where a lot of the errors are. Before I started my traction engines I had a bad experience with a supplier of a casting and drawing kit for a hit 'n' miss engine. So when I was looking around for a supplier for the traction engines I wanted someone I could visit and feel the cloth so to speak. I travel up north regularly to glide in Northumberland and John Rex is a couple of miles off the A1 near Ferrybridge. Although he has a website he doesn't really 'do' computers and definitely not emails. If you make it to Forncett we can chat more about the pros and cons of the drawings.

Back in the 90s I flew with the Welland Gliding Club near Corby. It started life as the Perkins Gliding Club and when I flew there a fair number of member had, or did, work for Perkins.

Andrew

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