Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
Of course!

I remember a friends dad built a farkin great big one with a balsa wood frame covered in paper with two propellers. We were like the children of Hamelyn to his piper and he nonced every single one of us but the sore arse was worth watching that thing take off. Yes, it started on the ground and actually took off!
I was always allowed to buy one at the toy shop near some relatives we used to visit up near Mildenhall. Now the interesting thing is that the daughter was married to an American who worked on the base at Mildenhall and she ended up with a massive heroin habit and was last heard of selling blow jobs for a fiver around Kings Croiss somewhere. She may have worked the same street corners as your mum, come to think of it.