Beware of the internet, it’s there for eternity
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:17 am
Many people put things on the internet not realising that it’s there for eternity. You might think you have deleted that racy photo or what you told the world about yours dogs bad habits ,sorry it’s more permanent than stone. Even if you didn’t put it there ,some else can.
I was talking to a colleague that other day [ he is from england] and we were discussing Pervical Proctors which were a 4 seater all wooden tail dragger built I around 1940,s to the 1950,s . He loves old English aircraft. They all now have a major issue with the glue now decomposing which renders the aircraft to the fire place. [ My joke to him]. He wanted my professional opinion what could be a fix. I then mentioned to him that I pranged one at Christie’s beach in south Australia many years ago. “i know about that one “ Tim replied. “WHAT’ !!!! But that was 50 odd years ago,, I replied . Tim was doing his apprenticeship in England at Hawke De haviland at that time . [so he wasn’t there and I hadn’t told anybody ] It’s on the internet, he said . Internet wasn’t around then . Tim then showed me the photo of the offending aircraft on his iPad
I was at a fly in at Christie’s beach 50 odd years ago and a person who had borrowed this aircraft from a friend of his offered me a ride in it and during the flight asked me if I want to do fly it. WOW !! So with a total flying time of .5 hour , he asked me did I wanted to try and land it . I was talked through the approach and the dirt runway was in a ploughed field . Touch down resulted in aircraft swinging right and then we were on our nose ,stopped with prop bent .
I exited the aircraft and was standing in front of the aircraft “OMG what’s mum,s going to say about this, when I tell her”.
Then a newspaper photographer snaps me standing in front of the aircraft . Mum never found out.
So 50 odd years ago , I was only 15 or 16 years old some thing I did comes back to,haunt me .
I was talking to a colleague that other day [ he is from england] and we were discussing Pervical Proctors which were a 4 seater all wooden tail dragger built I around 1940,s to the 1950,s . He loves old English aircraft. They all now have a major issue with the glue now decomposing which renders the aircraft to the fire place. [ My joke to him]. He wanted my professional opinion what could be a fix. I then mentioned to him that I pranged one at Christie’s beach in south Australia many years ago. “i know about that one “ Tim replied. “WHAT’ !!!! But that was 50 odd years ago,, I replied . Tim was doing his apprenticeship in England at Hawke De haviland at that time . [so he wasn’t there and I hadn’t told anybody ] It’s on the internet, he said . Internet wasn’t around then . Tim then showed me the photo of the offending aircraft on his iPad
I was at a fly in at Christie’s beach 50 odd years ago and a person who had borrowed this aircraft from a friend of his offered me a ride in it and during the flight asked me if I want to do fly it. WOW !! So with a total flying time of .5 hour , he asked me did I wanted to try and land it . I was talked through the approach and the dirt runway was in a ploughed field . Touch down resulted in aircraft swinging right and then we were on our nose ,stopped with prop bent .
I exited the aircraft and was standing in front of the aircraft “OMG what’s mum,s going to say about this, when I tell her”.
Then a newspaper photographer snaps me standing in front of the aircraft . Mum never found out.
So 50 odd years ago , I was only 15 or 16 years old some thing I did comes back to,haunt me .