Hello again Tom & others .
Southampton used to have a Strut , started many years ago under PFA ,..by the late Frank Nuthall ...and a news letter .
This must have been about 35/40 years ago !..and , certainly initially , it was a great success .
It later gave birth to the Andover strut (started by Jim Espin) at his newly cleared airstrip at Popham . Many of the "Solent Strut" members giving their all in its making ,...and attending to both .
Unfortunately , over the years , for a variety of reasons no doubt ,...the Solent strut died .
Surely in a city & outlining areas , the size of Southampton ,...there can be found the minimum number of interested members .
Myself , as a retired professional builder , with an interesting LAA potential project in mind , would be quite interested in passing on some "old time" skills .
The enemy as always of course , is Apathy .
Hope this idea can be revived , perhaps by some included leaflets in the LAA magazine .
Myself , having worked alone for many years , am of a somewhat retiring personality and unsuited as a co-ordinator unfortunately .....However , I can perhaps , bring to the table , some practical engineering knowledge .
Regards John M
[ I believe that Frank originally obtained addresses from PFA Shoreham , for all "local" members . ]