Nearly 50F when I arrived at the field, the flying day ended in the mid 60's with just a light breeze varying between W and NW. Stayed about 5 1/2 houirs! Awesome fun with my Giles 202. I had 3 flights with it maybe 4. I need to do a tally while at the field, or I forget the exact number! Jer showed up for an hour or so, and he took one complete flight with my Giles, and seemed to really enjoy it. Said it does fly lighter than his Extra. Actually got some movies with Jer flying, then me flying the plane. Will post that to RCU and YouTube.
Mike maidened his Super Stearman with DLE-30 today, and it flew well! Very pretty aircraft, and it is real stable in the air. Ground handling looked very controllable too. Joe zipped around with his P-51 powered by Saito 100...sweet airplane that looks great on those low passes! Kudna boys were there with Escapade and RV-6 (?) Al flew his Escapade and showed off his P-51 on the ground. The MoonBeam McSwine vinyl decals I made look pretty nice! What else...Bob Ross came real late with his Saratoga. Anthony and Quang came late and flew choppers and electric jets. Oh boy, Anthony took his eyes off his FunJet to switch on dual rates. He couldn't relocate the plane after that and it accordioned itself in the north field. Luckily he found the jet in the field afterwards.
I flew my Apache a bit and caught one small thermal, but my soaring was inefficient today. Still fun. It probably was 6 months since I last flew it, so it felt good to launch it and get the feel again.
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!
Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.
Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.
Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.
August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
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