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Originally Posted by Suzy
Aviation fun!!! 
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Hi Suzy. Nice shots of the planes.
My brother would certainly agree with your feelings about aviation being fun! He's something of a fanatic.
He used to fly 747s for Cathay Pacific but when he retired he spent nine years building a full scale replica of a World War I Sopwith Snipe biplane in his garage, using original War Office plans. He did an amazing job of it and now flies it. At this year's Avalon airshow (near Melbourne) he was part of the opening ceremony, flying down the strip flat out with a modern fighter jet, almost at stall speed, flying nearby. Unfortunately I wasn't there to see it.
Here's a 1min 24secs clip of its very first flight.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...68&FORM=VRDGAR