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!!!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Jug, Shoe, and Sundown

Well, I flew my P-47 Jug three times today in prep for Warbird Weekend three weeks from now.  I did not nose over once on takeoffs or landings.  I did overrun the west end of the runway on rollout of one landing, and luckily the Jug must have hopped over the leftover sod clumps, hence my LG did not get ripped off or bent back.  Whew.  I flew the Shoestring 4 times and it was a ball all day.  Had to quit after the 4th flight because I hippity hopped the landing, and at the end it just tripped over its wheel pants and ripped up the left one.  Had I flown again, I probably would have torn it off completely.  It won't be pretty anymore, but I can fix it.  Durn it.  And lastly, Tad had a great day getting to know the Sundowner 36 better and better, but on the "one more flight" at the end, he had a deadstick and planted it in the hardpan dirt of the JB sodfarm.  Too bad as it was a good flying airplane and the engine was breaking in better on each flight.  The Sundowner had a fast life of 2 whole days, arg!
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