Old Retired Petty Officer: Really Cool Airplane Stuff

I couldn't resist sharing this with all after a friend had it linked from the Daily Mail on his Facebook page.

This is some really neat Plane Pr0n!

Challenge: To the bemusement of his 50-year-old wife, Mr Ford bought a book called How to Build a WW1 Replica AND Stay Married! and began work on the Fokker in his in-laws' garden in the village of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire. It had its first test flight six years ago

Challenge: To the bemusement of his 50-year-old wife, Mr Ford bought a book called How to Build a WW1 Replica AND Stay Married! and began work on the Fokker in his in-laws' garden in the village of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire. It had its first test flight six years ago

Crowning achievement: While building the plane, the engineer bought a book called How to Build a WW1 Replica AND Stay Married! 'Ironically my wife had time to read it but I didn't,' he said. 'I was too busy working on the plane' - which now flies triumphant over Britain

The full story and more really cool pictures are at the following link.
The Red Baron flies again! Man spends £50,000 building himself an exact working replica of the German pilot's Fokker triplane

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2829796/The-ultimate-model-plane-Man-spends-50-000-building-exact-working-replica-Red-Baron-s-Fokker-triplane-home.html#ixzz3ImvIXKK9
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Really Cool Airplane Stuff

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