The Bluebird Project

longarmedgibbon wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:29 pm Just let the ruskin have it for 3 - 4 months of the year keeps everyone happy then. Ian lazenby

And they can have the Titanic (K777) for the other 8 months. Problem solved!!

As a fairly OT link to recent activity, there used to be a hovercraft on Bute back in the 1960s offering pleasure trips to sightseers. I remember because I went on one! Iirc it was an SRN5 which left from the beach near Rothesay Pavilion and landed ashore in the middle of nowhere -I suspect at Ardy...

Renegadenemo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:20 pm The hovercraft museum had a few last time l looked...

I hope they get round to restoring one of the giant SRN4 hovercraft. Last I heard was that one or both were due to be cut up for scrap to make space for housing.

Mike Bull wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:50 pm There really aren't the words for the welcome we got on Bute- it was very humbling.


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(Pic- Phil Evans)

Think how much money that lot spent in the local shops, hostelries, B&Bs etc... Well Coniston and the surrounding area would get that many times over. We live in hope!

Excuse my ignorance but I take it the Orph' had to be shut down for refuelling for obvious safety reasons? Next job is to see if we can get a new pair of properly safe and tested start bottles to go on board so we can really see what it can/can't do. I'm a little confused here Bill, does this mean ...

Excuse my ignorance but I take it the Orph' had to be shut down for refuelling for obvious safety reasons?

Did he have an Engine Flame Out at just the wrong time - yes - and then lost the very useful downward force on the bows, due to Engine Thrust - yes. What else could he have then done...? Probably nothing. Could that and previous flameouts have been caused by a missing clamp screw in the battery con...

The great thing is we realised that we can put on a proper show with only a mile and a bit of water That includes Bewl Water near me on the Kent/Sussex border. Yes it's an odd shape but given the turn Ted put in at the end of that video I'm sure he (and Stew) could pilot K7 from one corner to the o...

So it is, channel 233. Thank you!

I would love to see this Mike but I don't have Sky! Will it be going up on the BBP Youtube channel like the One Show clips?