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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 16, 2015 21:10:37 GMT 12
I see today we passed the 4000 member mark, with our 4000th member being the new member lizziecane.
What a large community we have become these days!
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Post by keroburner on Mar 16, 2015 21:30:05 GMT 12
Awesome news. Now, we just need to convert that power into a crowd funding vehicle and buy something historically important to preserve for everyone to enjoy forever. (In NZ)
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Post by suthg on Mar 17, 2015 6:33:01 GMT 12
Well done Dave! We have reached "Critical Mass"! >>>> growing >>>>
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Post by baz62 on Mar 17, 2015 11:36:50 GMT 12
Excellent and good timing. Be interesting to see how the numbers are increasing, be it a gradual increase or around hot topics ie: Mosquito, major Airshow threads.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 17, 2015 11:48:15 GMT 12
Certain topics have certainly seen "rush to join" periods, such as when Simon Gault announced Doug Brooker had purchased a Spitfire, Al Marshall began posting about the Bristol Freighter restoration, and the Mosquito thread too. But I suspect a lot of those who join in these periods are actually long time lurkers who read without joining. We have a few thousand of them too I suspect.
But generally it is a steady trickle and it has remained steady, several newbies a week for the past six or more years. I get an email notification every time someone new joins and there's usually one or more a day now.
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Post by rayo on Mar 17, 2015 15:34:22 GMT 12
As a past long time lurker who has been an official member for only the last 3 years welcome to all the new newbies and i hope you have as much pleasure and enjoyment as I have.
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Post by beagle on Mar 17, 2015 21:10:34 GMT 12
Well done team.
A big clap clap clap clap coming from down south to our great leader who has been the mainstay of this group of highly informative avaiation buffs.
Well done that chap with new spectacles.
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Post by TS on Mar 17, 2015 21:36:49 GMT 12
Awesome news. Now, we just need to convert that power into a crowd funding vehicle and buy something historically important to preserve for everyone to enjoy forever. (In NZ) Yep well like I said there is a certain DC3 at Omaka for sale.... Dave could use it as an "Air Vice Marshal" hack.... Think of the forum meets then you could arrive in style. |
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Post by beagle on Mar 17, 2015 21:38:33 GMT 12
we would have to sort out a quarter guard
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Post by TS on Mar 17, 2015 21:46:01 GMT 12
No probs. Top Brass, then those that contribute a reasonable amount to the forum as the quarter guard..... ooops I think the Dak is now full, oh well.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 18, 2015 0:35:02 GMT 12
Sorry but I would not be interested in purchasing that particular DC-3. If money were going to be raised for a DC-3 then my vote would be for ZK-DAK 'Betsy' to help keep her airborne and not let her become a worn out deaded hangar queen like the one for sale.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 18, 2015 7:54:36 GMT 12
By my quick calculations, we should reach the stage where everyone in NZ is a member by the year 2163.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 18, 2015 9:11:35 GMT 12
Yep, and I'll be Prime Minister by then too Peter  |
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Post by beagle on Mar 18, 2015 9:14:03 GMT 12
oh god, i'll be exactly 100
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Post by beagle on Mar 18, 2015 9:14:36 GMT 12
no, 200
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