Friday, 16 October 2015

An unusual encounter..............................................................................................

During my visit to Tatton Park yesterday I was heading around the lake to where I could hear a stag.
Just a few yards from the waters edge I spotted this object... 
...my first thought was it was an abandoned childs toy.

Then I heard a voice calling... "Have you seen a model plane?"
"It's right at my feet" I replied.
"Don't pick it up by it's tail" called the elderly gentleman as he headed towards me.

We had a good old chat about his hobby.
This model was a 1950's French design he built himself during the 1990's... powered by twisting the rubber band inside... it could fly quite a distance.
 His name address and phone number were all written on the wings.
I got the impression he was always losing it.
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6 comments:

  1. Simon Douglas Thompson16 October 2015 at 19:51

    I love these things I would love to have a little one! Model aircraft fascinate me. Not static airfix ones...ones that fly!

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  2. Pantherka16 October 2015 at 21:59

    That's great Andrew.

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  3. Sallie (FullTime-Life)17 October 2015 at 01:25

    That's funny. We had a friend once who flew model planes -- those people take their hobby very seriously! (I mean, so do bird watchers, but I understand that obsession ;>)))

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  4. John @ Beans and I on the Loose17 October 2015 at 03:06

    I bet you thought for a moment you had a new bird to add to your life list.

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  5. Margaret Birding For Pleasure17 October 2015 at 06:41

    Well that's a different kind of bird species Andrew! Have a lovely weekend

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  6. Sharon Wagner17 October 2015 at 14:57

    You never know what will turn up on a photo safari.

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