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LAA EoS Strut Newsletter October 2009 Page 1

Photo Wallace Shackleton

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 2

Monday 6th June 2016from 20.00 at The Harrow Hotel

Eskbank Road, Dalkeith

With a history extending over 70 years, theUK Light Aircraft Association promotes safeand economical operation of sports andrecreational aircraft. Representing theaviation interests of around 8,000recreational pilots, amateur-builders andenthusiast members, the LAA oversees theoperation of more than 2,500 light aircraftand the build of another 1,700, whilstproviding sector-leading consultation andadvocacy in aviation-related regulatorymatters both in UK and Europe.

About the Light Aircraft Association:www.laa.uk.com

This newsletter can also be viewed onthe Strut website:

www.eos-strut.org.uk

Thanks to everyone who came to the lastmeeting and congratulations to Duncan whowon the Quiz

The next meeting is on Monday June 6th at2000 at the Harrow. Nothing planned at themoment so come and have a chat and meetup with other members.

Despite the recent spell of good weather thegrey clouds have returned so it seems as if ithas been driecht all year

The Scottish Aero Club at Perth are having afly in over the weekend of the 4th, (page 11),so hopefully the weather will co-operate sothat you can enjoy your aviation.

Well the good spell for weather bought us allout and much flying has been going on.Unfortunately this last week has been mostlyrain but by the time you read this we will haveall hopefully been to Castle Kennedy which istomorrow as I write.Keith Griggs investigated the Lempitlaw stripnear Kelso and he took Ed Lyon down to tosee it. Write up on page 13.

The AD from Rotax to change hoses after fiveyears has now been rescinded. However Ithought the hoses next to the exhaust shouldbe done. In the end the Firesleave thatprotected them from the heat had workedreally well. All ready to go for the season now.I have been embroiled in bi-annual, permitand licencing. My JAR licence had to bechanged for an EASA PPL. The CAA websiteis a monument to bureaucracy. It took quitesome time to glean the required documentsfrom their website. Even then I produced toomuch in the end.

Keeping everything up to date is a bit of anightmare. I have worked out a checklist forPilots and Aeroplane owners to keep all theirrenewals on one sheet of paper. Might behelpful so we are including it in theNewsletter, (see pages three and 22). If youwant it in a Word format just email me.

All the best for the coming summer. Fly safe.

.

Keith Griggs and Ed Lyon taken by WallaceShackleton at the Castle Kennedy Fly-in.More from page four.

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 3

Aeroplane & PilotMEMORANDUM

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By courtesy of the East of Scotland Strut of the Light Aircraft AssociationTo subscribe to our monthly email Newsletter send your email address [email protected]. It’s free. You can join the Strut too of course.

Keeping track of everythingBelow is the handy checklist that Justin mentioned on the previous page.I’ve also reproduced it on the last page so you can print off an A4 copy.

Also from Justin comes this photo of G-ZTED flying over Turnhouse a whileback, taken by a fellow Europa club member.

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Castle Kennedy Fly-in28th May 2016

Reports by Ed Lyon and Duncan Robertson

Photo Wallace Shackleton

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‘A Straight Line to Stranraer’, by Ed Lyon

Saturday 28th May was Castle KennedyFly-in and Keith Griggs had invited mealong for a visit. As I drove to East Fortune

the cloudbase sat on top of Berwick Law so600ft it was. We delayed departure until wecould see the Lammermuirs to the south andvisible signs of improvement to the southwest.

So how do you get from East Fortune toCastle Kennedy?  Take one long ruler anddraw a straight line from departure todestination which also conveniently missesthe Edinburgh Zone.

  As we climbed aboard we saw Jim Oliver inhis Ikarus getting airborne from themicrolight site and heading south west. Wefollowed a few minutes later. As we climbedthe cloudbase was slowly rising and we weresoon cruising at 2000'.  Passing overheadBiggar we then followed the River Clyde tooverhead the Abington Sevice Area and theM74. We continued on track and by nowwere at 2300ft but there again so were someof the hills ahead and we prudently turnedsouth for 10 miles then paralleled our trackuntil Newton Stewart.Photo Duncan Robertson

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 6

Keith was now calling on the designatedfrequency- Safety Com 135.475 and we could hearother inbound aircraft but it was not until almostoverhead that we saw some of the other aircraft.Descending on the dead side then flying downwindwe watched Jim on finals going in to land. Afterlanding we turned into the parking area as Jim andDuncan climbed out. A stroll along the parkedaircraft to the catering tent, some eats,introductions, meeting friends and some lighthearted banter followed.  By now the weather was perfect, blue skies, butthe wind was swinging to crosswind and occasionaltailwind which presented some challenges. Westayed there all afternoon enjoying the constantflow of aircraft and the sunshine.  The trip back was the same straight line with onlya small deviation to the south with the improvedweather giving us time to see how the wind farmsare slowly spreading over the whole of south westScotland.  The organiser of the Fly-in reckoned around 90aircraft had attended over the day-- an excellentturnout.

Photo Wallace Shackleton

Photo Duncan Robertson

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Jim Oliver and I set off from the microlight fieldat East Fortune in Jim’s Ikarus C42 G-ILRS atabout 10.15 hrs. After a snappy take-off weheaded south-west towards Biggar in quitemurky conditions just below cloud level at about3.500 feet. The cloud stayed mixed as we flewtowards the Galloway Hills and we had to divertfrom our route around a few of these as

visibility became difficult in places. However,towards the coast things improved and wearrived an hour and 20 minutes after take off ata sunny Castle Kennedy, landing on theeasterly runway with a little bit of cross wind.Earlier in the day, a small Aeronca or Piper hadhad a landing accident, folding oneundercarriage leg under itself. The plane hadbeen dragged to one side of the runway andwas clearly evident to anyone landing.

Shortly after we landed, Keith Griggs andEd Lyon arrived in Keith’s Emeraude G-BDKHfrom the motorcycle circuit at East Fortune. Wewere hopeful that some other members of theStrut would attend, but in the end there wereonly the four of us.As usual the organiser had erected a foodmarquee and the cooked lunch was excellent,albeit on the ubiquitous paper plate.

Castle Kennedy Fly-in, by Duncan Robertson

Photo Jim Oliver

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It was noticeable on our walk along the flightline how many Eurostars were in attendance,both the classic and the newer version with thewidened bubble cockpit, taller tail andsculptured turtledeck. There were about 5 or 6in total. The next most abundant visitor was the

Ikarus C42 funnily enough, followed by theusual RV7 or variant. The most interestinglanding was made by a Husky N60UK withTundra tyres on it – a bit too bouncy for myliking on a tarmac runway, but no doubtexcellent on a gravel track or beach in the wilds

of Alaska! The most striking aircraft to arrive wasthe Titan Mustang ‘The Milly P’ coded GC-Y.However, this Suzuki V6 powered example didsound to me rather like a large motorbike landingand not what I was expecting. It will beinteresting to hear what John Wheeler’s example

Photo Duncan Robertson

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 9

at Perth sounds like and compare this with a V8powered example which is a more recent(Chevrolet?) engined alternative. (readers pleasecorrect me if I am wrong).Other machines which stood out were a beautifulmetallic blue Luscombe Silvaire G-AJKB and aPitts Special S1 G-BXTI in a stars and stripeslivery and a single example of a civilianisedBeagle Bulldog G-JWCM. A lone Grob G109Bmotor glider was present.Our return trip saw us climbing straight out to8,000 feet over the billowing white clouds overthe Galloway Hills. For some twenty minutes wecruised serenely along in clean air until I spotteda hole in the clouds below and we spiralled downand continued our route north east just underthe cloud base at between 3 – 3,500 feet. It washazy back in East Lothian but we landed insunshine about 15.10 hours after one hour fortyminutes trip back against a head wind.As per last year, the fly–in at Castle Kennedy iswell worth the trip. It would be nice if more Strutmembers could make the fly-in/DOTH to Eshottin a few weeks time. Make a note in yourcalendar!

All photographs Duncan Robertson

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 10

04/06/16   Arbroath Festival of Heroes  17/06/16 26/06/16 Various Fly-UK 2016  18/06/16 19/06/16 Eshott Great North Fly-in http://www.greatnorthflyin.co.uk

NEW 19/07/16   Dumfries D&GAM Open Day https://www.facebook.com/DumfriesAviationMuseum

NEW 23/07/16 24/07/16 Aboyne Inter Club League TBC http://www.gliding.org/

  23/07/16   East Fortune Scotlands National Airshow http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight/whats_on/airshow.aspx

  30/07/16 31/07/16 Dornoch LAA Highland Strut Fly-inNEW 08/08/16 12/08/16 Milfield Summer Flying Week http://www.bordersgliding.co.uk/FlyingWeekDiary.html

  26/08/16 28/08/16 Strathaven Strathaven Balloon Festival http://www.strathavenballoonfestival.co.uk/

  27/08/16 28/08/16 Solas Beach Fly-inNEW 28/08/16   Mull RV Fly-in http://www.glenforsaairfield.com

02/09/16 04/09/16 Sywell LAA Sywell Rally, Northants http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/2016/Rally/rally2016.html

  03/09/16 04/09/16 Ayr/Prestwick Scottish Air Show TBC http://www.scottishairshow.com/

  04/09/16 10/09/16 Aboyne UK Mountain Soaring Championhip 2016NEW 10/09/16 11/09/16 Mull Taildragger Fly-in http://www.glenforsaairfield.com

NEW 19/09/16 23/09/16 Milfield Autumn Flying Week http://www.bordersgliding.co.uk/FlyingWeekDiary.html

  01/10/16 09/10/16 Feshiebridge Octoberfest 2016NEW 03/10/16 07/10/16 Milfield Autumn Flying Week http://www.bordersgliding.co.uk/FlyingWeekDiary.html

  09/10/16 21/10/16 Lossiemouth Joint Warrior 16 02NEW 10/10/16 14/10/16 Easterton Flying WeekNEW 17/10/16 21/10/16 Milfield Autumn Flying Week http://www.bordersgliding.co.uk/FlyingWeekDiary.html

Where to go this summer

4th June 2016

Connel Flying Club Fly-in, Oban AirportSaturday 4th June 2016. If the weather forSaturday looks poor it will fall back to theSunday.

Please advise the airport when

Connel

phoning for PPR that you are coming for thefly-in to qualify. Phone Oban Airport for PPR on01631 572 910 (essential and can be done on theday).

An out of hours indemnity can be purchasedfrom the airport if wished and is not expensive.Visit the Oban Airport website for more informa-tion on www.obanandtheislesairports.comhttp://www.connelflyingclub.org.uk/

There will be a free barbeque from 11.30am withfree soft drinks, tea and coffee.Enquiries to [email protected] Oban Airport

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 11

Perth/Scottish Aero Club, Classic/Vintage fly-in4-5 June 2016

The Scottish  Aero  Club   is hosting a Classic /Vintage - themed  weekend  at Perth  (Scone)Aerodrome. This Fly-In  will be a very informalevent  but we firmly expect that our most seniorand distinguished  member, John Moffat, will bejoining us for a  wee dram  at some point,  freshfrom his  Fleet  Air Arm  ceremonials  marking75 years since the  Bismarck operation.

Fly-In  Arrangements

Any  flying  visitors that weekend will be mostwelcome as usual,  but particularly any ‘Old-Timer’  machines which we have defined  forsake of argument as  individual aircraft of anytype which were either manufactured or firstregistered more than  50 years ago.

Marshallers  will attempt to reserve the centralgrass  areas  in front of  Scottish Aero Club  forparking and  display  of  assorted Classics.Members of the public will not have airsideaccess other than on an escorted basis andAirfield Orders  require  hi-vis  jackets  to be wornby all  pilots whilst airside – thanks.

The Airport Operators  (ACS Aviation)  have onceagain very kindly offered an    ‘Old-Timer’dispensation waiving the usual  £15 landing feeif uplifting  40 litres Avgas, and paying for  twolandings will allow visitors unlimited movementsover the weekend.   (Many thanks Allan).

All visiting pilots should follow usual publishedprocedures for  Perth  Airport, including  PPR  toATC (01738 -551631) as advised in Pooley’sguide. Default overhead join procedure. Thanks.

Visitors are advised that overnight  hangarage isnot generally available but  emergency  wheel-inefforts  might  be made  on  best-endeavoursbasis for  just a few  exceptionally delicateaircraft if necessary. Please do bring your owntie-down equipment!

At time of writing the airfield’s  keenly-priced‘Skylodge’ had around 8 Single rooms still avail-able. Call them on 01738 555 700 to reserve.Other accommodation  will  undoubtedly  beavailable  within  or close to the City of  Perth  ashort taxi ride away.

Scottish Aero Club  won’t  be  providing  anyformal catering on this occasion but the  airfield’s‘Touchdown Cafe’  will be open throughout mostof  Saturday. As flying winds down  the eventwill transform into a select but  lively eveninggathering in the Club Rooms (bring your own...)

during which  Bob Tadman will be delivering  yetanother of his acclaimed ‘Monsters of Rock’  auralexperiences. Some provision will be made  forbasic  Sunday snacks as required. No details asyet.

We look forward to seeing as  many  visitors  andSAC Members  as can make it over that weekend,our first significant flying and social event asSummer finally beckons .... time to snap out ofhibernation!

For general  information  please contact   DavidPalmer  on  01771 – 622423  / mobile  07717 –226702 .

David Wallace, SAC Communicationhttp://www.sconeaeroclub.com.au/wpimages/wpe05ea5ff_05_06.jpg

See the website at www.scottishaeroclub.org.uk

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 12

‘The Fly-in and Saturday night hangar bashpostponed from last Autumn will be held on theweekend of 17-18-19 June.Everyone is welcome, and encouraged to stayover on Saturday night, when the barbie will beon regardless of weather.’

RAF Lossiemouth is holding a Friends & Familyday on Saturday 4th June.They were going to open the airfield up for GAaircraft that wished to fly in as part of the staticdisplay but I believe this has now beenwithdrawn. You can check with Ian Bright:[email protected]

There will however be plenty to see, including adisplay by the Red Arrows and roledemonstrations by Typhoon and Tornado aircraft.

RAF Lossiemouth4th June 2016

Longside11th June 2016

(Or Sunday 12th if the weather is better). PPR isessential on the day by phoning Bruce on 07834226 572. Further details on the poster on thelast page of the Newsletter and on the websitewww.buchanaeroclub.co.uk

Lamb Holm17-18-19 June 2016

I don’t have a contact e-mail to hand, but theinternet or Highland Strut will provide, I’m sure.The bonus of a flight to here is the ItalianChapel, built by prisoners of war in 1943 in twojoined Nissen huts.

Eshott18-19 June 2016

Keep your eyes on this Northumberland fly-in, itmight become a Strut DOTH.

http://www.greatnorthflyin.co.uk/

Glenforsa28th August 2016

10-11 September 2016

Second annual vintage taildragger Fly-in (posteron last page) www.glenforsaairfield.com

RV Fly-in (poster on last page)

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A visit to Lempitlaw With the arrival of Spring and lighter evenings,Keith Griggs had suggested some eveningflying so Tuesday 10th May had us at EastFortune for a flight to the new airstrip atLempitlaw, near Kelso.

As we headed south over the Lammermuir Hillswe suddenly encountered some turbulence.We both reckoned it was being created by thelarge wind turbines upwind to the east of us.Soon to our right lay Melrose and Galashielsand looking ahead Kelso came into view. Imust admit I cannot remember ever visitingKelso so had no idea what to look for but Keithpointed out the good visual check--- theracecourse.  From there we headed 110 for4nms and there it was, a long well mown grassstrip in a large field of growing crops with anorange windsock and a hangar at the westernend.

Keith Griggs and Ed Lyon paid a visit

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We flew overhead then turned downwind toland on 04. Backtracking we parked beside thehangar then climbed out to have a look. At thatpoint I remembered my camera so took a fewpictures. The farmer's son had now driven overand a chat followed about flying and the newairstrip  then a look inside his hangar at hismicrolight.

The parking area was sufficient for 15-20aircraft so a good destination for a future Fly-in.The runway (04/22) is flat, long and wellmown. Well worth a visit.

A few photos from the air were called for soafter departure we did a low orbit. Heading for

home we noticed how the visibility haddecreased with no sign of Berwick Law and thehills of Fife in the distance but Traprain Lawstood out then Berwick Law became visible (noCockenzie chimneys nowadays!)

If you get the chance then do visit a lovely farmairstrip.

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LAA EoS Strut Newsletter October 2009 Page 16All photos Ed Lyon

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 17

Boldly into the futureComing to a Royal Navy shipthis autumn will be the firsttest of a UAV that canautoland without GPS,human help or radio, but justby intelligently observing itssurroundings. Looks likehands free landings are onthe way, the price of thatlittle box of tricks could cometumbling down.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-self-landing-drone-152600141.html

http://www.roke.co.uk/services/intelligent-sensors/uav-autoland

Carrying on the unmanned theme is the Sea Hunter, which will roam theworld and carry out its tasks with nobody on board.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/empty-vessel-makes-plenty-noise-pentagon-unveils-crewless-011829468.html?nhp=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Hunter

Then finally the USS Zumwault (below) which is stealthy and will have a gundeveloped by BAe that uses electromagnetic energy to fire a shell weighing10kg at up to – with such force and accuracy itpenetrates three concrete walls or six half-inch thick steel plates. Doesanyone remember Professor Eric Laithwaite on ‘Tomorrow’s World’ decadesago and his work on the linear induction motor? I guess this is the son ofthat. Thanks to Ted Grossmith for pointing us in this direction

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/tech/2016/02/14/navy-considers-railgun-zumwalt-class-destroyer/80374120/

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Summer Safety by “The Farmer”

http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100039

This is a time of year where many get revved up and start flying a lot more,and I hope it’s a great summer for all who plan to get out and about.

As a farmer, I spend a lot of time in and around various crops, and as aflyer too, I can’t help linking the two together. I fly my little jalopy betweenfarms and don’t really use airstrips as such, just paddocks.

The reason for this post is that we are entering what I consider to bethe most risky 10 weeks of the year from a forced landing point of view.With the recent warmer weather, crops are entering their “stem extension”stage, and those fields around your local strip that have looked quite usefulsince last August, will pretty much be lethal until mid-August now.

I was spraying some oilseed rape today and this crop was only 6 incheshigh eight weeks ago. Oilseed rape makes itself very obvious when it isflowering, but then spends a very dangerous eight weeks looking convinc-ingly like grass between late May and early August. As a landing option, itwill flip you upside down, and hide you to anyone looking from the edge ofthe field. That sounds dramatic, but I promise it is evil stuff, and will gripyour undercarriage like a vice.

Can I suggest that all you strip flyers make a note of the yellow fieldswithin a few miles of your base this week, and make a point of discountingthem in the next few months in the event of an engine issue? A rule ofthumb? Aim for the field that looks the least green! Us farmers rarelyplough any more, and “brown” means cultivated and limited crop growth.As a farmer, I fly looking at pretty much each and every farm and whatthey are growing. As sad as it sounds, in the event of an engine failure(yes, I’ve had two EFATO’s), I think that awareness of crop cover,especially between May and August, is critical for damage limitation.

This is the riskiest period. If this saves one set of undercarriage thissummer then it has been worth it. It's also interesting that the governmenthave decided that farmers need to have certain "environmentallyenhancing" cropping systems these days too. One of the easiest ways ofachieving this as a farmer is what is called a "Summer Fallow", which

means no crop from one harvest until the next autumn. Lots of this isspringing up so, if you see a stubble field at this time of year, as long as ithas no power lines running over it, then that'll be a great option. Be awarethough that last summer's stubbles look a bit tatty by now, and arenormally quite brown in colour from the air, and sometimes with the wheelmarks of the farmer's 14 year old son's stubble racer (AKA 1993 VauxhallVectra) randomly scattered over it...!

The gliding community is usually quite hot on field selection resources.An example is http://www.fieldselection.co.uk which has lots of photos, month-by-month, and there’s a 45 minute video at http://www.cugc.org.uk/node/79 .Have a look here at the mid-June / late June photos. From the air, it looksworryingly ideal as a place to choose! http://www.fieldselection.co.uk/osr.html

Danger below

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Flight refuelling

From Brian Allison comes this video of refuellinga B-2 Spirit. A tricky job, as you will see.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bc_1428285879

Hayward Sumner came across this video of themany ways it can go wrong, with some scary joinups or even breakages. Glad I’m not a helicopterpilot who has to do this! Thanks to Jim Prettymanfor passing it on

https://youtu.be/BZV3Ffm2qIQ

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LAA East of Scotland Strut June 2016 Newsletter, page 20

MiscellanyOn this page are a few things that caught my eye. Below is a concept thatclaims to fly at an incredible Mach 24 and carry 10 people from London toNew York in 11 minutes. Some interesting thoughts about how to reachthat speed and how to keep the airframe cool.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3416330/Fly-New-York-London-11-MINUTES-Radical-Antipode-concept-plane-uses-rocket-boosters-revealed.html

Next comes the Seabreacher,powered by a Rotax engine.I was rather hoping it wouldbe a personal submersible butit looks like it’s just a toy, anda dangerous one at that whenmixing with swimmers andsnorkelers. Still, if you wantto burn some of that Lotterymoney…

http://seabreacher.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1qFaaq4q4

I really liked this. It’s a Bowden Spacelander Electric Bicycle, designed forthe ‘Britain Can Make It” exhibition in 1946. Conceived in aluminium, itfeatured a direct drive hub dynamo that stored downhill energy andreleased it on uphill runs. It ended up being too heavy and inefficient butI admire the optimism and fresh thinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Bowden

http://www.laboiteverte.fr/le-velo-bowden-spacelander/

Finally, a ‘hole in space’,when a live link-up wasestablished in 1980between Los Angeles andNew York. How quickly theimpossible becomes thecommonplace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMVtE1QjaU

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East of Scotland Strut contacts

Chairman; Justin Kennedy6 Cammo Walk, Edinburgh EH4 8AN Tel 0131 339 8304 / 07798 661 985

justin @systemwise.co.uk

Co-ordinator and Secretary: Iain Gibson102 Craigmount Brae, Edinburgh EH12 8XN Tel 0131 339 2351

[email protected]

Treasurer and Membership Secretary; Duncan Robertson17 Cramond Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 6PP Tel 0131 312 7857

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Andrew Macleod102 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh EH3 9PL Tel 0131 228 2774

[email protected]

Safety Officer: Keith Griggs5 Lammermoor Terrace, Tranent, EH33 1NJ Tel 0187 561 2607 / 07710 547 338

[email protected]

Committee Member without Portfolio: Iain Govan5A The Square, East Linton, East Lothian EH40 3AD Tel 01620 860 165 / 07922 013 213

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LAA Inspector: Tim Rayner3 Fowler Street, Tranent EH33 1BU Tel 0187 561 3352 / 0779 515 3392

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LAA Inspector: Robin Johnson Templehall, Midlem, Selkirk TD7 4QB Tel 01835 870 361 / 07836719350

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LAA Sywell Rally

Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire

http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/2016/Rally/rally2016.html

2-3-4 September 2016

These two bullets were found after the Battle of Gallipoliwhich started in 1915 and ended in 1916 during WWI. Theallies consisted of Britain, France, Australia and New Zea-land against a fierce Turkish Army. In the end, the alliedside lost 46,000 troops while the Turkish lost 65,000 withthe allies retreating from the battle.

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