[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:50:50 -0500
Sorry I missed flying Saturday. I wanted to go to MARCS, but I woke up late and
was lazy all day long. I heard there were lots of planes and pilots and some
great flying.
We had some great flying at Beaverfork this afternoon. Chris flew his piper cub
and made it look easy. It didn't like landing in the grass, though. He also
flew his 3D planes. He gets noticeably better every time I see him fly. Bill
flew the Stryker, T-38, and Apprentice. I think Phillip flew his Sensei before
I got there. I reinforced and stiffened the wing of my SS and it was much more
stable and maneuverable. Well, as maneuverable as a Slow Stick can be. It has
me thinking seriously about a new straight wing with ailerons for it.
Hope to fly with you all again soon.
Joel
> On Sep 28, 2013, at 19:24, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> John Goos, Logan and I had a really good flying morning at Bob Courtway. We
> were the only two official flyers, but Jason Mitchell did come by and stay a
> while and we had a good number of other drop in guests some potential flyers
> and some already flyers just looking to "connect up" and inquire.
>
> I didn't think at first I would be able to fly my newly modded Apprentice
> with the new bolts holding down the wing because I hadn't realized i had a
> broken control horn on the aileron of one wing. But I was able to scavenge
> off of an old SS wing, so got it in the air. It flew really well after that
> and I must have made more than half a dozen parachute drops for the boys.
> One caught a thermal and went WAY over toward the West and just kept going
> until we could barely see it. I watched it start to go down but wasn't sure
> just where it was going to land. I just wrote it off as gone, but after
> Jason left us, he came back just a little later and handed to the boys as he
> found it driving down a street over that way. Thanks a bunch Jason. No MIA
> on that trip! ;-)
>
> Gliders, Strykers, trainers, were the order of the day. Had fun with
> everybody as always. There is nothing like being a great big kid. Hope to
> never give that up. Hope to fly with you all soon.
>
>
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