[lektrik_flyers] Re: Sunday 9/22/13 Flying
- From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:41:12 -0500
Congrats, Bryan:)
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Ryan McCon <rwmccon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
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