[SEL] Funny Engine Tales

[John Culp]

That used to be a popular college trick for making "UFO's."

John

On Oct 18, 2004, at 7:08 PM, Dave Croft wrote:

> Not strictly an Engine tale but on a Saturday night at engine shows I
> started to send up hot air Balloons.
> These were the bags that dry cleaners put over newly cleaned clothing.
> These were very light & we discovered that if we used a square of light
> wire in a cross to hold the bag open we could put a piece of cotton 
> wool
> in the middle soaked in metholated Spirit.


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA