Christchurch and District Model Flying Club

In praise of the Post Office rubber band.

For some time now I have been grubbing about on the street picking up the rubber bands discarded by the postman. They hold bundles of letters together and I suppose some regulation demands that they are taken off before the letters are put through the box.  “Whatever”, as they say, there are always a good half-dozen to be found under ones feet during the morning dog-walk.  They are quite strong and a pleasant Post Office red colour (naturally!). They have a number of uses around the home and in the workshop

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What is good news is that the rest of my family has taken to band spotting, and my granddaughter says “A band, grampa” and since she has far less distance to go to pick them up, I am excused that task as well.

Harry Spotters revealed

The elegant twin that growls over Christchurch is revealed as  Diamond Aircraft DA42, a long-span  3-passenger light plane. It is unusual in that it is powered by two Thielert Centurion 1.7 diesel engines. In the United States, Jet-A or Jet-A1 fuel (or premix) is used. Fuel consumption is about half that of avgas powered light twins of comparable gross weight. There are factories in Austria and Canada. There are some stunning photos on the Airliners.net website as well as some on the Company’s site.  Trevor, Clive and I saw three of the a/c being serviced at Hurn when we were there for the last day of public access to the Museum.

Thanks to Martyn Pressnell for some of the info. Mike Roach

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