Guy,
You are so lucky to him still around. We are losing many of his
generation every day now. My dad is gone, but he was a toolmaker for Texas
Instruments for over 30 years working in exotic metals. He was the go to
guy for his trade within the company. They looked to him for training the
newer employees. He hand tooled metal parts for the Apollo moon rockets.
Very soft spoken intelligent man that served in the Navy during WWII. I
really miss him.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Guy R Day <grday@btinternet.com> wrote:
> My father-in-law worked on the full scale ones during WWII. A couple of
> months ago for his 92nd birthday we went round the RAF aircraft museum at
> Cosford where they have half a dozen or so or these things in various states
> of assembly. After a little prompting about difficulties with this engine
> he started reminiscing and pointing out the service problems and design
> hiccups. It ended up with him giving a 'masterclass lecture' to the
> curators and others who gathered round. A really great chap, proud of him.
>
>
>
> Guy R Day
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <
> rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
> To: "Spridget" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 7:16 PM
> Subject: [Spridgets] Another British Engine
>
>
> Next time you think how complicated the 1275 is, check out this scale
>> British engine.
>>
>>
>> http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm
>>
>> Mike MacLean
>> 60 Sprite
>> 56 BN2
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