On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > The internet offered few views of the Pond Racer; there was a video or two > and some photos but they didn’t answer my questions as to how certain parts > were installed. > Thank you to the designer who offered this as a free download, you are > appreciated. I however, did not record the website. > The real Bob Pond Racer was based at Chino Airport, California 17 miles from > my home and I was lucky to have seen it up close. With this new design it > appeared to be aviation race history in the making but sadly ended in > tragedy. > In 1993 I flew to Reno expecting to see the Pond Racer in action but was a > day late. The day before, while qualifying, an engine failed; the Pond Racer > crashed taking the life of its pilot Rick Brickert. > Model Wing Span 11 and 3/4 inches. > Bob Penikas
Bob, Beautiful work as always, sir. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
