Light Aircraft Association

Won't it just go in a 7.5ton truck!? (Which you can drive on your regular licence.)

how much does a cockpit full of wishful thinking weigh ?

I think it's given by the (weight of daydreams)/[(income)squared]

Further to the piece in the magazine about the electric Souricette, here's a short clip of it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrlXDGn ... re=related

Does fuel include Batteries if the power plant is electric?

...or just the mass of the electrons...?
Oh, I can see many happy hours of legalistic argument here...

Another reason for having an online version (and I agree that this should be an add-on not a substitute) would be that this could start to build into an archive.

It ought to be relatively simple to do an online version -- basically resample the PDF (which I assume is what the printers use) to reduce the resolution of the photos to keep the file size sensible. (Brian: happy to offer advice about this.)

Well if you're getting picky it's Halfpenny

Stuart, I see what you mean, but I think that landing vouchers could lead to "de facto" LAA fly-ins: if it's a good flying day, especially a weekend one, and there's a voucher in the mag, then members will probably roll up! Especially with a little ad hoc coordination, say via this board. Fixing up ...

Sounds great to me! I really enjoyed my trip there a couple of years back, and have been meaning to go back. Lots to see there.

...And even more details here: http://www.consultation.nats.co.uk/

There are some further details on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7255717.stm

There is always the optimistic approach: that having the ex-BMAA CTO working for LAA Engineering might lead ultimately to strengthened links between the organisations...
PS: Please don't leave, Jeremy! )

A couple of years ago a Scrapheap Challenge involved a pulse-jet-driven vehicle. I remember at the time being highly impressed by both the simplicity and the noise -- but also the power! Look on YouTube under "pulse jet" for some further variations on the theme. How about a couple of units attached ...

This may answer the lead content question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas

Reads well to me Steve. Thanks for the effort.