FROM Alison Jenner
alisonjenner@yahoo.com
Nevil Shute weekend 07-08 May 2016,
Isle of Wight
Dear friends,
I suggest that we meet for a "Mini-Nev" weekend
on the Isle of Wight Saturday
07 May - Sunday 08 May 2016. We need to avoid the busiest days
on the Island if we are going to be able to get about.
I have booked some twin and double rooms at the Premier Inn,
Newport, IOW for us at a cost of £86 per room.
If there is a sufficient number interested in taking part I suggest
that those of us from the mainland meet in Southampton and car-share
on the ferry on
Saturday morning.
Please let me know straight away if you are keen to take part so we
can firm up our arrangements.
FROM Phil Nixon
nixon_philip@hotmail.com
A new follower of the Nevil Shute Twitter blog
@ItemWillie
is
@skipperswar
which is the twitter account for a blog called
https://skipperswar.wordpress.com/
The blog concerns "Reflections on life at school and news from our
old boys in this Great War."
Skipper Lynam was Headmaster of NSN's Oxford Preparatory School (aka
The Dragon School). Nevil Shute is mentioned in the April 26th
post...
"Today’s ‘Daily Telegraph’ contains news (on page 9) of an attack on the GPO in Dublin, which gives us great concern for one Old Dragon family living there: the Norways. In 1912, Nevil Norway‘s father, Arthur Hamilton Norway, was made Secretary to the Post Office in Ireland – in effect in charge of the Post Office throughout the country. His office is in the Post Office building attacked by the rebels. We await news as to both his safety and that of the family. Nevil Norway, now aged 17, will have returned home recently for the holidays from Shrewsbury, where he is now at school."
FROM Charles D
dalsecl@prtel.com
After million dollar aircraft parts become obsolete, they
still can find a use.
There is a big military aircraft graveyard near Tucson, AZ. Lots of
bits and pieces.
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/come-know-want-chair-made-737-engine/
FROM Charles D (2)
http://news.boldride.com/2016/02/cobalt-valkyrie-private-jet-50-million-silicon-valley/99462/
If you’re not familiar with Cobalt or its drop-dead-gorgeous Co50
Valkyrie personal plane, you’re about to be. The company just
secured $50 million in pre-orders, meaning the skies are about to
get a whole lot prettier.
Cobalt started off as a pet project for founder and CEO David Loury.
An aerospace engineer-turned-entrepreneur and designer, the
French-born CEO hopes Cobalt can change the pace for personal
aircraft. The Co50 Valkyrie was designed to do just that.
FROM Douglas Faunt
dougfaunt@gmail.com
The mention of Frederic Forsythe and "The Shepherd" reminded me of
this reading on the CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/pastepisodes/fireside-al-maitland-reads-frederick-forsyth-s-the-shepherd-1.3379102?autoplay=true
This is the investigation into where he flew:
Here's a mention of an Airspeed aircraft in a related broadcast:
Not a very long newsletter this month, but there are
some interesting items in it. Please let me have more copy people.
The weather in the Netherlands is fantastic, and I understand it it great on
the Isle of Wight too, where several of us are meeting this weekend.
See you all next month.