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Re: going racing.....AGAIN?

To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: going racing.....AGAIN?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:57:04 -0400
References: <64.142cbcef.28ee1417@aol.com> <001101c14d0e$c3f0bea0$0200a8c0@mediaone.net> <000501c14d13$0c9ce210$7364640a@internal.vgl.ucdavis.edu>
Very true.  Very scary.

Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: going racing.....AGAIN?


> Castor oil fumes can have a very interesting effect on the driver/pilot
> breathing them.  From my model airplane days I recall the sense of 'urgency'
> one got after awhile in the pits.  Some WWI pilots cut out the fabric in
> front of the seat for just this reason.  It was written that more than one
> WWI pilot was found with their pants around their ankles in the wreckage of
> a plane that they tried to fly with their knees.  Perhaps the origins of
> aerial bombardment?
>
> Regards,
> Glen Byrns
> '59 bugeye
> '59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
>
> > Does Chuck really use Castor oil?  We always used 2 stroke oil.  If you
> really
> > want to smell Castor oil and gas, go to Rinebeck, NY aerodrome where they
> fly
> > planes that are all pre-WWII!!!!!!  Some engines even have the crank
> stationary
> > and the cylinders whirl around...oh it's grand.
> >
> > Geoff Branch
> > '74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
> > '72 Innocenti 1300 Mini



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