I'm supposed to be organizing this one, and I work every other Saturday. So, again, that wouldn't work for me. ________________________________ From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:35 PM Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: Fun fly info...Wattoberfest How about the week before the Mayflower event? On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:25 PM, <kboling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Bill is right...the Sky Tigers event is on the same day. >lets plan on pushing ours back a week?Oct 26? >Ken > >---- Tray Fowler <tray_fowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Can you confirm this??? I tried to look online, but didn't see the dates >> posted. I definitely need to know if there is a conflict that day so I can >> plan. > > > >________________________________ > From: Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> >To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 11:39 PM >Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: Fun fly info > > > >Oh man, hope that October date doesn't coincide with the Wattoberfest at >Mayflower. I try to never miss that one. It was down a little bit last year >but they have some guys in that club with some GIANT scale helis (Stan >Kaperski ?sp comes to mind), and guys like Marshall Singer can give you the >ins and outs on FPV, good setups, etc. Lots of planes of all sizes electric >and in the past have had some impressive talent out there too both club >members and guests. Typically they have an indoor fly in at the Mayflower gym >also. John Gray might shed some light on their plans a little later as he is >on this list. > >I should have kept my mouth shut because I usually win at least one of the >smaller prizes, and if you guys all go to that I won't stand a chance! ;-) > >Hopefully it will not bump into Conway RC's fly gig. > > > >On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Doc Fowler <tray_fowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >For those of you that don't know, were hosting a fun fly next month. October >19th I believe is the date. More info to come, but I'm excited because mike >from mikes hobby shop in dallas where I used to work is sponsoring some of our >prizes! Were also buying some stuff as a club. I hope yall come!! Should be a >good day. >> >> >> >> >>Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone >> >> >>-------- Original message -------- >>From: Chris Evans <chrispevans@xxxxxxx> >>Date: 09/22/2013 9:36 PM (GMT-06:00) >>To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: Sunday 9/22/13 Flying >> >> >> >>Jaden was impressive. Just sayin’ >> >>mailto:From%3Alektrik_flyers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:lektrik_flyers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan McCon >>Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 9:21 PM >>To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Cc: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: Sunday 9/22/13 Flying >> >>For those interested, the Ft Smith Fly-Low-In was a heck of a lot of fun. I >>got up there Friday at about 11:30, right after the rain broke. Flew from >>about noon to 11pm under the lights they had out there. Then got up at about >>8am and Bryan Brannon had just shown up. We got setup and started flying >>again. I stayed until about 6pm Saturday and packed up for home. Bryan won a >>plane and motor in the raffle, a 3dhobbyshop 48" EPP foam Extra 330. >>I think I flew more of other people's airplanes than my own at the event! >>Can't wait for next year's event. >> >>One of the MARCS clubs very own pilots got asked to do a noon time 3d demo >>flight, 12 year old Jaden Shumate. That was pretty cool. >> >>Perhaps next weekend I'll make the Beaverfork evening flying session. >> >> >> >>On Sep 22, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>G >>>reat to see a good group out there at Beaverfork. Great to meet Phillip and >>>Jason. You guys have also been added to Letkrik_Flyers just FYI. You can >>>also look below my signature line for website info, and other links that >>>might help out. >>> >>>I'm becoming somewhat of an expert at plane retrieval from trees. I have >>>put mine in them enough times, and have now helped at least 3 others get >>>theirs out. Just glad to have help around and sometimes lucky enough to get >>>to it with just a little help in engineering if materials are available. >>>Thanks Joel for helping rig all that up. I'm just glad those rotten limbs >>>held together long enough to get that dislodged. That could have been much >>>much worse! ;-) >>> >>>This kind of weather takes me back several years to when John Cooper and I >>>would get home from work, and head straight out to Wooster International >>>(Wooster Park) and fly until dark or later (before they started fencing it >>>in). The kind of weather we had this evening was very good, although I did >>>notice some buffeting by some of the lighter planes once they cleared the >>>treetop line, but that is just something you have to get used to there. >>> >>>Definitely some activity on the flying front lately and I guess finding the >>>right time is about as important as finding the right place. What a full >>>weekend of flying. L.A.F.F.S had a GREAT Fly In on Saturday (Friday kind of >>>got rained out), Fort Smith had the Low Fly In, and cap the weekend off with >>>some quick flying action and there you have it. >>> >>>Thanks Tray and all for posting that out. >>> >>>See you in the air... >>> >>>On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>There was a great turnout at Beaverfork tonight. I had a great time see >>>familiar faces and meeting some new folks. There was a spectacular crash >>>into a tree across the flying field and the Sensei wedged behind a couple of >>>tree branches about 20 feet up. Bill and I strapped two tree branches >>>together with a piece of wire and he dislodged it from the branch while we >>>caught it before it hit the ground. I was thoroughly impressed that the >>>worst damage was a pretty small crack in the wing. I am SO going to buy a >>>Sensei. >>>> >>>>The weather was great and the sunset was gorgeous. >>>> >>>>Joel___________________________________________________________________________ >>>>You are a member of the lektrik_flyers listserv. You became a member of >>>>this listserv by either directly subscribing or being recommended for >>>>subscription by a fellow member. If you no longer wish to be a member of >>>>this listserv, please follow the link >>>>(//www.freelists.org/list/lektrik_flyers) and follow the onscreen >>>>prompts to be removed from this list. Should this not work for you send an >>>>email to bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx and supply the email address you wish to have >>>>removed from the listserv, and this will be done at the earliest available >>>>opportunity. 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