[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Bryan Brannon <bryan.brannon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:19:57 -0500
Tray, I cannot imagine what you and your family are going thru. I am so
sorry. Let us know if there is anything we can do. -Bryan
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Doc Fowler <tray_fowler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm glad you guys flew today and I'm sorry I missed it. My wife was 18
> weeks pregnant and lost the baby this week. Were dealing with it the best
> we can. I hope to be back out in the next week or two.
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 09/29/2013 8:04 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
>
>
> I was thinking on the drive home about what you were saying about the
> SlowFly wing versus the Stevensaero wing. You said the Stevensaero wing
> was a longer wingspan. What flight characteristics should I expect to see
> when comparing the stock wing I have now versus the Slowfly wing versus the
> Stevensaero wing?
>
> Thanks and I'll hang up and listen.
>
> Joel
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Straight wing with ailerons would be a great next step. Plus it leaves
>> you a plane you can fly two ways. You can always do the "run home to
>> momma" original wing or go a little more off reservation with the straight
>> wing. John can fill you in on how he is doing now with his built up
>> straight wing from SlowFly. I think he likes it. makes the SS a little
>> quicker but that is a next good step too. Then just start flying and
>> crashing everything like the rest of us! ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bill Beavers
>>> Lektrik Flyers Website <https://sites.google.com/site/billbeavers/>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill Beavers
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>>
>
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>
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