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by elgringo
Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:56 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: BBP Diary
Replies: 363
Views: 455912

Re: BBP Diary

Oh dear - when I click on the Diary link, the most recent entry I see is August (NEW).
Have I the wrong version of the BBP website - http://www.bluebirdproject.com/bbp/ ?
Or am I being a total numpty ??
by elgringo
Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:29 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: BBP Diary
Replies: 363
Views: 455912

Re: BBP Diary

Mike – you’re most welcome. Of course, there should have been a separate paragraph in my post between the comment on CH V “what amazing progress you’ve made . . .” and CH VI “all thanks to Louise . . “. It read as though I was unaware that others were involved !! In answer to your last question – pe...
by elgringo
Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:07 pm
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: New girl with questions . . .
Replies: 34
Views: 42208

Re: New girl with questions . . .

Just reread this thread, and wondered whether anyone can answer my last question, which was . . . . 7. Can anyone shed light on the book/notes discovered by Petty Officer Eddie Yates in March 2001 (by Ken Norris and DMC) which included drawings of the various prototypes that led to the design of K7 ...
by elgringo
Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:35 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: BBP Diary
Replies: 363
Views: 455912

Re: BBP Diary

Dear Marginal Motorist, and fellow contributors to the January diary, My thanks for yet another hugely entertaining and informative piece of prose. With eyes still watery from the hilarious 'Chapter 1' description of Marginal Motorist Boot Camp, your step-by-step guide to the physics of the crash in...
by elgringo
Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:20 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 7
Views: 11712

Re: Happy New Year

A very Happy and satisfying 2010 to all the Bluebird Project team.
You are all doing a fantastic job, keep up the good work !
All the very best,
Lesley Stewart
by elgringo
Thu May 21, 2009 9:56 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: meet up in coniston
Replies: 62
Views: 69881

Re: meet up in coniston

Yes please, count me in !!
by elgringo
Thu May 21, 2009 9:54 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: BbP Raffle
Replies: 9
Views: 14105

Re: BbP Raffle

Count me in
by elgringo
Thu May 21, 2009 9:44 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Trials Locations
Replies: 22
Views: 28689

Re: Trials Locations

What thrilling news this morning.
Hearty congratulations to Bill and all involved in achieving this result.
You must be over the moon.
I would like to volunteer to be the provider (and chief pourer) of a crate of Bollinger beside Coniston when trials commence !!
Very well done, chaps.
Lesley S
by elgringo
Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:15 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Checking for leaks - a cunning ploy
Replies: 4
Views: 8924

Re: Checking for leaks - a cunning ploy

Ha ha - if Rob is a chain-smoker this could work !! The alternative would be the Pains Wessex Aurora Orange Handsmoke which emits a cloud of far denser (and very vivid) orange smoke. However, this can be seen fom 4 klm away in a 10 knot breeze, at sea level, and even further from an aircraft - in wh...
by elgringo
Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:18 am
Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
Topic: Checking for leaks - a cunning ploy
Replies: 4
Views: 8924

Checking for leaks - a cunning ploy

I do hope you don't mind this useful suggestion (as I'm sure you have this covered) . . . The following came to mind when I saw today's Pic of the Day, i.e. K7's holey floor . . . Whilst renovating a yacht a few years ago, we found a smoke machine (as per bee-keepers puffy little hand-held device) r...