A bit of local history...

[toprob]

(Inspired by emfrat's historical placeholder in this month's comp!)









John Murchison's 'Pearse Flyer' -- I don't think he ever released this, although those few who have the 10-year-old 'Godzone' magazine CD, issue 3, will have a beta version. This flies well (crashes a lot, but that's what hedges are for) and when you shut the engine down, the display shown here appears.

[cowpatz]

Engine??

[toprob]

QUOTE (cowpatz @ Aug 1 2013,2:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Engine??

Two cylinder, see the second shot.

[toprob]

Thanks to Bazza for the info on this book:

Richard Pearse and his Flying Machines.

Looks like all you'd need to know to build your own Flyer... hint, hint.

[Splitpin]

Wow ..... well done

[Ian Warren]

So so many plane nutters even so long ago ... as he plane nuts even died at Sunnyside mental institution in Christchurch in 1953 , i bet my plane nutter brother would love to take that one for a spin .