Why am i doing it?

2008 is the 100th anniversary of powered flight in the UK, to celebrate this little known fact the FAST Museum in Farnborough are building a 1:1 static replica of the aircraft that made that flight. As a volunteer at the museum, in attendance at the nearby technical college and a gluton for punishment, i offered to build the engine for the aircraft.

Technically i didn't offer to build the engine specifically my father, who was in attendance at one of the meetings got a bit excited by the whole thing and put his name on the project. Still i'm glad he did as its been an adventure so far and we've got very little to show for it, so over the coming months it should prove to be a real eye-opener.

This is my running comentary on the processes and steps i've made in this project, i hope you enjoy and maybe even feel inspired enough to get involved yourselves.