GuyB Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Mike Oldfiekd used to slope soar with his band when recording sessions were not going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholls Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, pete beadle said: Hi Gary Well found! Any idea what the plane is? Radio is probably either 27meg or 35meg.......was there a date on the pic? Regards Pete BARCS1702 Ivanhoe like wot I had Edited June 28, 2019 by Nicholls added image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBOF Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Another singer/guitarist was/is Peter Green alias Danial Boone whose anthem Beautiful Sunday was usually sung by him at West Essex Dinner & Dances when they were held in the 70's-90's, as he was a member and had a glider triophy competition name after him that I believe is still flown every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookman Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 6 hours ago, pete beadle said: Radio is probably either 27meg or 35meg.......was there a date on the pic? 1974 so it 27 Mhz, Macgregor Digimac 4 channel, with the blue anodised case maybe. "Fully aerobatic slope and thermal soarer" what an incredibly versatile glider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyB Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 He also used a sailplane on the album cover. PIK 20??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil.Taylor Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Thats a modern re-release - the original has a Graupner Foka - and a dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAZ Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Looks like a Glasser Dirks marque. Maybe DG 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeb52 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Looks like with the re-release, he’s gone moulded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oipigface Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 18:55, Phil.Taylor said: Thats a modern re-release - the original has a Graupner Foka - and a dog I think, Phil, that this remark earns you the honorary title of Nerd of the Month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f3fman Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 A young software engineer (Jon Collins) who used to work for me a long time ago went on to assist Mike Oldfield write his biography ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil.Taylor Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 3 hours ago, oipigface said: I think, Phil, that this remark earns you the honorary title of Nerd of the Month! HaHa - thanks John - you have got a copy, haven't you? I never did - didnt have a Graupner Foka either - way out of my paper round budget - but I did see one flying on the Long Mynd in 1973. The real one - with Foka - and a dog: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hergest-Ridge-Mike-Oldfield/dp/B00004T9AG Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Church Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I’ve tried Mike but It needs a lot of polishing. Fender strat & Yamaha Acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsKee Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Interesting !! I built a Strat once. . . Really went to town on it!! Took me about two years start to finish. Pretty much everything, from the maple blanks right through to the paint and hardware/fixings all came from Ebay !! Only things that didn't were the fret wire, the scratch-plate and the wood for the skunk stripe!! Machined a lot of parts/tooling for it too, like the radius sanding block for the neck and the buttress threaded neck bolt inserts/bushes etc. Really came out brilliant ! The neck has a few wibbly bits in the back from sanding out the damage caused by an end mill that slipped out of a collet half way through machining it . . . And the white blond paint job could be better if I'm honest but overall I'm well happy with it. The combination of the locking machine heads, roller nut, lack of string tees, neck bolt arrangement and the knife edge bridge means It holds its tune as good as, if not better than my set neck/fixed bridge guitars! And the SD Hotrail hum buckers really make it scream! The only full picture I can find of it right now is dragged from facebook, I'll dig out some more when I get home !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsKee Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Seems I've hit my upload limit . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil.Taylor Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Wow - that's some serious work ! Try more pics in another post - IIRC the limit is per post? Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EsKee Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Third time lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyri Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I like the metal pickguard, reminds me of an old schecter strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon B Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Nice work, I've been mending and playing guitars for longer than I've been flying, so they still out number my gliders, but only just. I've too many of both, of course, but it looks as though this might be a good place to advertise guitars as well as models when I need to have a clear out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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