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Old 18th Apr 2020, 20:58
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Originally Posted by Capn Bug Smasher
How's everyone doing!

Way back in the mists of time I used to fly at West London Aero Club (White Waltham) where they have an active ground crew in addition to the usual Ops staff. Mostly young guys and girls after their first start in flying. The tradition was to buy a share in "Noddy" - now long dead - a decrepit Jodel D9 and that was how they got their hour-building done.
Cheers
What happened to Noddy? I had a brief flirtation with him, challenged me a couple of times. I hadn’t heard of his demise. Did I miss something? As for decrepit...it was only £3 per hour to fly it...
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