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I said "Bring me a WENCH!
70's SSC winch
6 volt starter ...
8 volt battery ...
all in box for driver seat
m-50 winch
ADE starter ... in response
to F3B development
Bryan Nicolson drives
his eco-friendly winch for
John Lightfoot & Sagitta
 90's winch ... built for SSC by Valpergas.  Uses clutch from car air-con to ease tension for retrieval.
 World Class winch
by Ricky Mitchell
Slingsby T-31
Primarius aerobatic soarer developed by Simon Duffy & John Lightfoot
Jester aerobatic soarer designed by Ian Fraser
Not all flying fields are mown grass or dust-bowls
Valperga Bird of Time
     
HLG group ... 
John Lightfoot, 
Bryan Nicolson and
Emanuele Valperga
Andrew Lightfoot & Sunbird ... after SSC record flight of 2hr 10min from hand launch
Maxie ... cartoon character, created by SE editor & artist 'Doc' Malan
'Doc' Malan and Maxie ...
aerobatic scale model of cartoon character by
John Lightfoot
Andrew "Rubber-man" Lightfoot prepares to
launch F3B model ... 
not for the faint-hearted
Catching one is
a bit easier ...
... unless, of course ...
... you lose concentration!