Thanks for the nice words Vic. S&R Man is right. I’ll start a new thread on that, or you can pm me ;)
Time to dig out this great old thread 
I can’t make it into a banner on the home page because it contains a large image in post #1…
Thanks for digging out this old thread Peter. Seems like boats and planes share a common fan base.
I found myself a new hobby this summer:
And the finished product
Takes about 6-8 hours from grinding the malt to adding the yeast.
And then one has to wait at least a month till one knows, whether it was worth the effort.
Found they tasted all great till now, but maybe I’m a little biased 
Some funny campervans
and other vehicles (Unimogs too)
Argentine Tango (a recent passion), more difficult to learn than how to fly
Poetry (in English and Russian), with special fondness for English metaphysical poets and the Russian Silver Age—old passion
Abstract paintings (especially from the 50’s) and pictures generally—old passion
Building walls from moraine boulders—inherited passion
Fountain pens—inherited passion
I started last year with skydiving, more particular with freeflying. Both into the sky and in the tunnel. :-)
Cant think of anything.
Easy to answer.
Since about a year and three months my priorities changed a lot! Happy as can be to have become a father when I had given up, so aviation is a bit on the back burner until my girl is old enough to enjoy it with me. But by the looks of it, she is already infected with the aviation virus.
For me it is cooking
Photography
Model Trains
and my parrots
Sorry Peter. I have tried to resize them but didn’t work for me.
