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Ted Snook

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  1. I was Northern Editor of the Thruster Bulletin, that was started by Tony, and we often spoke by 'Skype' phone when the need arose, or I just wanted to have a chat. Incredibly Tony was still working on the magazine a few weeks ago, not far short his operation, in fact. I first became aware that something was wrong when, while talking to Kay, she told me that Tony couldn't remember things now and had fallen over a few times. The speed of disease is frightening, and although Tony was given up to 9 months, he only lasted weeks. Knowing that Tony didn't suffer is a blessing, but we have lost a giant in the microlight and gliding communities, and although we never met face to face, I felt that he was my Mate, and I will miss him...........RIP Tony Aye Ted
  2. Tony Hayes is finally at peace after losing the fight to his aggressive Cancer...... we will all miss you. To: "Roy Gilby @ gilbys.id" <[email protected]> Just the message that I have been dreading Roy. I will put this on the forums as it is - a lot of people are going to be sad, although most will have never met him in the flesh, but became his admirers through his writing. Please pass my deep sadness and condolences on to Kay, Ted --- On Mon, 9/11/09, Roy Gilby @ gilbys.id <[email protected]> wrote: From: Roy Gilby @ gilbys.id <[email protected]> Subject: Vale Charles Anthony (Tony) Hayes To: "Ted Snook" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 8:39 Ted, Kay rang me a while ago to tell me that Tony passed away this afternoon at about 4:00pm. He went progressively deeper into a coma over the weekend, and did not come out of it. He was in no pain at all. He was able to come home from hospital last week, and that meant that he got his last wish, which was to spend his last days at home with Kay and Penny (Tony's sister) looking after him. Can I leave you to put this information on the formums please. I'm guessing that the funeral will be later this week. I'll let you know when it is in case you want to put that info on the forums as well. Regards, Roy Gilby
  3. Tony's back home now and I had a couple of words with him. He seems positive, but obviously the blitzing that his operation gave him is not making him overly chatty and of course he isn't mobile. Good to hear him though and I wish him the easiest time possible - something that I know goes for all his Mates.
  4. From Ted Snook, Northern Editor of the Thruster Bulletin Dear all, I have just had a message from Roy Gilby, the Guy who assists Tony with publishing the Bulletin. Tony has had a very rapid deterioration in his health over the last month or so, culminating in his admission to Hospital, where they diagnosed a large Brain Tumour. This was successfully removed, but the problem is that it was of an extremely aggressive type, so will grow again fairly quickly, the prognosis being that even with palliative treatment, Tony has only 6 to 12 months left, so will be unlikely to be able to handle another Bulletin. Things are a little chaotic at the moment, but it is my intention to carry on, if at all possible - the Bulletin is too good to let die. I have no desk top skills, but I hope that something can be done with Roy Gilby, the guy who does the clever bit at the moment. If this proves to be a non runner, then I will try to find another solution. With all the recent problems, the Disc for the next Bulletin is still sitting in Oz, but Roy now has it and will post it promptly so that we can get #54 on your doormat ASAP. I know that you will all join me in sending Kay and Tony all our best wishes and sympathy at this sad time. Ted
  5. A sad news item just released - collision between a Glider and an RAF air experience Trainer. Two die in mid-air glider collision - Yahoo! News UK
  6. That really is a good video - very professional and interesting.....Had a chat with the lads from Thruster at their stand at the Popham meeting yesterday, and they seem pretty busy - Looking forward to the Wickenby fly-in this year.
  7. Up and running now that there's money in the Meter. Nice to see that you are back on the airwaves, so to speak. Missed you Mate, I thought that I had finger trouble. People are saying good things about the latest edition of the Bulletin #53, the Propellerhead interview with Antony Woodward and the tips went down really well. Also requested are stories from Oz pilots who have made cross country flights. I am working on our UK pilots for similar tales, but if Oz pilots don't rise to the challenge we will conclude, sadly, that they don't like flying out of sight of their home field. Just joking, but it would be great to hear of Oz pilot's adventures - I still have a Video of a great adventure by 3 single seat Thrusters up the east coast of Oz - if only we had some tales like that to put in the Bulletin. Happy landings, Ted
  8. Breaking News Message Of Hope For Missing Chef's Family Search resumes for crash passengers 2 hours 26 mins ago Print Story Eight bodies have been recovered after a helicopter crash and the search is on to find the other eight passengers. Skip related content Related photos / videos Helicopter crash: overwhelming tragedy Play video Helicopter crash: overwhelming tragedy Play video Search resumes for crash passengers Related content No hope of finding crash survivors Air crash bodies brought to port Newcastle Fans Must Wait To Welcome Shearer Related Hot Topic: Motoring & Transport Have your say: Motoring & Transport All 16 passengers and crew on board the Super Puma helicopter are feared dead after it plunged into the North Sea 14 miles off the Aberdeenshire coast on Wednesday afternoon. The aircraft was flying back from the BP Miller platform at the time, in calm and sunny conditions. Eight bodies were recovered on Wednesday and arrived at Aberdeen harbour on board the Caledonia Victory support vessel. An extensive search for the remaining eight people resumed at first light, Aberdeen Coastguard said. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said the outlook for the missing passengers is "extremely bleak". Experts from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) are travelling to the scene of the crash. The helicopter went down around 14 miles from Peterhead just before 2pm on Wednesday. It issued a mayday which was picked up by air traffic controllers and a major rescue operation was launched. Two overturned life-rafts were seen and eight bodies were later recovered from the water by the Caledonia Victory. The Queen has sent a private letter of condolence to the families of the victims. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also expressed his condolences while Mr Salmond said he was "shocked and saddened" by the incident. Mr Brown took time out from G20 summit preparations in London to say: "This has been a tragic day in the North Sea and my thoughts are with the relatives of those who have lost their lives in this crash." Offshore union RMT called for the grounding of the model of helicopter involved in the crash until it was clear what caused it to come down.
  9. The following are all replies that British women have put on Child Support Agency forms in the section for listing father's details: These are genuine excerpts from the forms. Be sure to check number 11, It takes the prize. 1. Regarding the identity of the father of my twins, child A was fathered by Tyrone Munson. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of child B, but I believe that he was conceived on the same night. 2. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my child as I was being sick out of a window when taken unexpectedly from behind. I can provide you with a list of names of men that I think were at the party if this helps. 3. I do not know the name of the father of my little girl. She was conceived at a party at 36 Nottingham Avenue where I had unprotected s..x with a man I met that night. I do remember that the s..x was so good that I fainted. If you do manage to track down the father, can you send me his phone number? Thanks. 4. I don't know the identity of the father of my daughter. He drives a BMW that now has a hole made by my stiletto in one of the door panels. Perhaps you can contact BMW service stations in this area, and see if he's had it replaced. 5. I have never had s..x with a man. I am awaiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son's conception was immaculate and that he is Christ risen again. 6. I cannot tell you the name of child A's dad as he informs me that to do so would blow his cover and that would have cataclysmic implications for the British economy. I am torn between doing right by you and right by the country. Please advise. 7. I do not know who the father of my child was as all squaddies look the same to me. I can confirm that he was a Royal Green Jacket. 8. Leroy Smith is the father of child A. If you do catch up with him, can you ask him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? 9. From the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at Euro Disney; maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom .. 10. So much about that night is a blur. The only thing that I remember for sure is Delia Smith did a program about eggs earlier in the evening. If I'd have stayed in and watched more TV rather than going to the party at 146 Miller Drive , mine might have remained unfertilised. 11. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby, after all when you eat a can of beans you can't be sure which one made you fart. Happy landings...............Ted
  10. This winter is a bit of an exception though - just like the old times - some winters nowadays, all we get is rain and the odd frost - global warming yerknow mate.
  11. Well I'll go for a ball of chalk mate - you guys had me there - I thought that you were talking about underpants, them bein' 'skiddies' - I guess that I've got a lot to learn. You're right about the Eurostar though. Handles like a little fighter and outperforms a Cessna 150/152 in just about every department, on half the fuel with a better cockpit. Just reading 'Propellerhead' - started it this morning and havn't been able to put it down yet - a must for Thruster fans or anyone else who flies come to that. Happy landings, Ted
  12. What's 'Fiddies mate ?. Don't forget you've got clean living Poms on here who only speak the Queens English. If I had to guess I would say that you are talking about 'Skiddies', but I could be wrong. Survival tip...Don't eat the yellow snow, Ted
  13. I don't know if this is the right time or place but I just had to express my sympathy for the horrors that are happening in Victoria. Here in the UK we have been getting TV images that probably don't go anywhere near covering the true picture of what has been happening to all those poor people, but what is so shocking is the news that arson is probably involved - I can't comprehend the minds of the kind of mindless fools that would do such a thing. Hope they get some rain soon, and also that they catch the bastards who caused it. Safe landings, Ted
  14. Welcome Gb, I am sure that you're going to just love flying more and more, as you get into it. Sorry that you Guys are a bit uncomfortable in all that heat out there in Oz. You want to come over here and park yer chuff in Pommy land mates - that'll cure all your overheating problems, and the kids will love all the Schools being closed. I feel quite bad about putting the Cats out at night, and seeing them disapear in a foot of snow, but they still love me in the morning. Ted
  15. I used to be a DeHavilland apprentice, in the '50s, and we were taught 1.5 to 2.5 threads showing, and never use a Nyloc more than once. We should also remember that Nylocs are not class 1 locking - all vital fixings should be class 1. Examples of class 1 locking are peening, staking, (not often used on Microlights) wire locking and split pins or quick release pins and cotter pins, used in conjunction with castellated nuts. Occasionally where a class 1 locking method cannot be used, it may be necessary to use loctite in conjunction with a nyloc nut - prop nuts/bolts are an example of this, but there are others.
  16. I wrote this originally for another forum, but lets see how it grabs you guys........... THE KING, THE PRINCE AND THE WISH Once upon a time, there was a financially bereft King, called King Fred, and he had a financially bereft Kingdom, just to the left of Transylvania going down. One day King Fred decided that they should form an alliance with a rich Kingdom, so that all the money troubles would be at an end, and the 23 threadbare Soldiers, that formed the royal guard, could have proper uniforms, and the people could put meat on the table, just now and again, - not too often, or they might get ideas. The only asset that his Kingdom had, was his beautiful daughter, Princess Alice, so King Fred decided to offer her hand in marriage the to the richest suitor Prince that came to ask for her hand. The only stipulation, besides the money, of course, was that the prince who asked for her hand was not a genitalia failure, so to speak, because although poor, the King would not inflict that kind of disappointment on his daughter - because when you are poor, what else is there . Heralds were sent far and wide, with the proclamation, and twenty princes replied, all pledging undying love, and a fortune to be delivered into the empty coffers of the threadbare Treasury, so the King sifted through the replies, grandest first, and gave out invitations to all the would be suitors to attend a formal interview at the palace, which would be given a lick of paint for the occasion. All twenty princes were entertained to dinner the night before the interviews, and the Kingdom went even deeper into hock for the occasion. The evening was tense, because all the assembled royalty could sense the magnitude of the event, upon which so much depended. Come the morning, the King and Queen conducted the interviews, with as much decorum as the tricky subject would allow, and one by one, the Princes were asked to display their wedding tackle, and the results were disastrous. Although they were all fabulously wealthy and of royal blood, without exception, they were very poor in the Spam dagger department. When the last Prince had displayed his attributes, and left the Palace, having been turned down for the royal hand, the King and the Queen had a good cry, because their plans, which they had felt sure would answer to all their problems, lay in tatters. The last prince to be interviewed was the least grand of all, and he went on his road home through the forest, with a heavy heavy heart. As he traveled along the track, he saw an old Woman, picking up sticks for her fire, but she only had a little bundle, because each time she added a stick to the bundle, another fell off. On seeing this, the Prince, momentarily, forgot his own troubles, and jumping down from his Horse, quickly gathered a great big arm full for the old lady, then sitting her up on his Horse, they went back to her Hovel. Just as he was stacking the large bundle against the wall, he became aware of a bright shimmering light, over his shoulder. Turning around, he saw that the old Woman had turned into a beautiful damsel in a shimmering dress, with ethereal light dancing around. "Young man" she said, "I know of your troubles and because you have a kind heart, I will help you". "You can have one wish, so use it wisely". "That's easy", said the prince. "May I be hung like my Horse". Well the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled, and beneath his Doublet, a squirming and a bulging and a great heaving started, and when it had finished, the prince had the most wondrous huge Pyjama python that you could imagine. With profuse thanks, the Prince vaulted onto his Horse, tuned it around and headed off back to the palace at full speed. "O King Fred", he cried, "look". "I have already seen you and you don't have the right equipment", said the King. "I didn't before, but I do now", said the Prince, "just cop a load of this". And with that the Prince exposed himself for all to see. "What... what... what... what.... ?" said King Fred. The Prince told the tale, while the King listened open mouthed,and at the end he shook his hand warmly and greeted him like the Son in law that he was to become. "Do you think she could do the same for me"?, asked King Fred. "There is only one way to find out", said the Prince, "but I can't come with you, because it wouldn't be right. With all the directions that he needed, the King galloped off into the Forest, back along the road to the old Lady's Hovel. He saw her picking up sticks when he was some way off, so he jumped down from his Horse and started picking up sticks like a man possessed. Sitting the old Lady on his Horse, they made their way to the Hovel, and as the King was stacking the sticks against the wall, as before, the magical transformation took place to the old Lady. "I know that you are the King", she said, "but that does not alter the kind deed that you have just done", I will grant you a wish, and choose it wisely. "That's easy", said the King blurting out the words....."May I be hung like my Horse". Then the lightening flashed and the thunder rolled, and there was a fearful ripping and a rending as the King's pork sword metamorphosed into the most enormous set of feminine naughty bits that you ever saw, - because the King had been riding a Mare.... not a Stallion as the Prince had. King Fred rode back to the Palace, feeling that his bad fortune would never end, but as in every fairy story, each cloud has a silver lining. The conclusion of this little tale, is that although the Prince and the Princess married there was not much more money around than before, and sadly the Princess died on her wedding night. Ahhhhhh... When she heard of this and saw what had happened to the King's love truncheon, the poor Queen died of a broken heart. Ahhhhhh... But the King and the Prince lived happily ever after. Hooooray... Sweet dreams kidiewinkies........Ted
  17. Just a word or two to introduce myself. I am a retired Pom from Newport Pagnell, in cold wet England, and I have a Thruster, G-MTPX on long term rebuild. I first flew PX in '89, when it was a training aircraft with around 800 hours. Someone ground looped it into a standing crop, which did a lot of damage, so they rebuilt it with lots of new stuff, T300 pod, various tubes and new skins, and put it up for sale. Seemed like a good buy, so I bought it and it looked pretty good (pic in Bulletin #52). Anyway, got it home and started checking it out in the workshop, whereupon I found lots of worn bolts, dragged and oval holes, but worst of all the boom was cracked under the LE Stainless support brkt. Then all the work dried up in the auto design world, so PX remained part stripped in store when I got work in the US and Germany for a few years. With the pressure of work, 3 years motor bike racing with the kids and all the delapidation that has to be fixed before the wife will let me do my own stuff, I'm only just getting to the position were I can get to grips with all the jobs. I won't be flying my own Thruster yet a while, but I have kept up my licence, doing a GST each year on a Eurostar, an all metal hot ship - nice, but it ain't a Thruster. I always do jobs to the best of my ability, so I won't end up with just any old rebuild, it's going to be the best, 'cause that's what PX deserves. Oh and just to make sure that I don't vegitate too much, I have taken on the job of Northern Editor for the 'Bulletin' from Joan, so you will be able to see a few stories that I have been able to unearth when you read future issues. Happy landings, Ted
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