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 Hi,

My name is Terry Mitchell and I live in Bristol.

I started modelling when I was eight and that gave me the love of aircraft and led me into the A.T.C. I then joined the R.A.F. as an Apprentice (Trenchard Brat).

After training at Locking in Radar, I served with the V. Bombers at Conningsby and Wittering. After sixteen years service we returned to Bristol.

Continuing my modelling I built the Vulcan and Victor using lightweight building techniques for four electric ducted fan jets, trying for a practical cheap hand launched belly landing aircraft that I could practically fly from my clubs grass airstrip.

These being successful, last year my dear wife of forty five years marriage was struggling with secondary breast cancer. I simultaneously went down with bladder cancer and had to have a Urostemy.

I recovered enough to nurse Wendy in her final days last October. She made me promise to complete the three V`s and build the Valiant.

I started, a month after her death in October, and completed and gave it its successful maiden flight in April.. I felt very emotional after and I am sure she was watching over me.

Details.

Wing Span Seven feet.

Weight Five Pounds.

Construction Six mm sheet Depron.

Power  Four 50mm E.D.F`s.

Four brushless motors

One 80A speed controller.

One 3700 three cell Lipo flight pack.

I hope to fly all three V`s  together at Woodspring E Day together with the help of two more pilots.

I think The Valiant is the best flyer of the three.

 My wife, Wendy, with the first foam flyer (one

 of those triangular things) at North

 Luffenham

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