Castle "Sailplane" ice bucket.
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Saturday afternoon had some really excellent lift. There was one half
hour period over the field where there was very strong lift over a very
large area. When you do two rolls with a 5M sailplane and you don't
loose altitude, the lift is big.
Skip Miller also took advantage of some of the excellent lift on
Saturday afternoon, clocking in 73 miles on the one flight. The XC
course was about a mile away from the launch area. I could see the
models on course, and there were times where they made about a half
dozen circles and doubled thier altitude before continuing on course.
Jim Deck wrote:
Well, I paid a brief visit to the third JR Aerotow today and here are
some observations:
- I know the connotation, "Fun Fly", is currently in bad repute but I've
been to all three of JR's Aerotow events and must say that the fun while
flying seems to maximized at this event. Smiles all over the place.
- For those concerned, Butch (that's RCButch) is doing quite well in
spite of his advanced years.
- Bernie Coleman complained that the combined overcast created by Jim
Porter's 6 meter Orlik and Doug Barry's 6 meter Minimoa was ruining the lift
for everyone else. Here's two sailplanes that really look great in the sky.
Seeing them together was a real piece of eye candy.
- Nice to see Jim Frickey with a 6 meter Ventus. He notched an hour
flight on Friday.
- The most creative use of a large sailplane fuselage had to be the "ice
bucket" at the Castle Creations tent. I hope someone posts a picture.
- Missing the action so far were Cap'n Jack and the SOAR guys.
- As I stated earlier there were lots of smiles around but the biggest
smile I saw belonged to the owner of the Multiplex Easy Glider that was
painted and trimmed to sort of resemble a scale sailplane if one squints a
bit. With some somewhat aerobatic help from John Berlin who was handling
the sticks on the early part of the tow, the Easy Glider owner really was
enjoying the benefits of a high tow and good air. His grin was as big if
not bigger than those of the owners of the big bucks ships. Way cool!!
Nice work JR and all involved - keep up the good work - see you next
year!
If you've never been, there's still time to drop in to Monticello,
Illinois and take a look tomorrow.
Jim Deck
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