My best tree story is one about a fellow flying buddy by the name of Mickey
Sullivan. He is a master scratch builder of vintage scale gliders. He was
flying one of his beautiful 126 gliders at Lake Afton in KS and managed to
land his bird in a huge cotton wood tree that graced the south end of our
field. He was able to get up close enough to the plane to cut the branch
off to let it fall. Of course as the plane started to fall it was below the
branch headed for the ground for a certain death when about 10 feet off the
ground the branch and the plane swapped positions. The branch hit first and
then the plane settled down nicely on the branch resulting in just a few
pokes in the covering. It was like the hand of God swooped down flipped the
whole mess over and gently set the plane down. It was one of the coolest
things I have seen.
See Ya,
Pat McCleave
Wichita, KS
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From: "Dennis Hoyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Tree story
At the WMSS we have an annual award called the Arboreal Award. This
prestigious award is granted to the the skilled pilot that manages to land
in a tree the most times in a single year. The award is a beautiful but
unfortunately dead bonsai tree with a brass sailplane stuck in it. We did
take time to spray the branches green to give it that living feel.
Here a photo of one of our members holding the coveted award.
http://www.rcsoaring.org/images/pics/Dual-Soar-in_2005/pages/100_1803.htm
Dennis Hoyle
WMSS
AMA# SNUT
www.rcsoaring.org
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Tree story
Tree / Trophy story that happened back around 1976 (best guess) and I was
having a very unusual year with trees. Landing in a very tall tree at
Lansing, MI. straining an Aquila through a tree at Chicago at speed. The
flying surfaces stayed in the tree and the fuse came out alone. There
were more as I couldn't go near a tree that summer without an
altercation.
The bottom line came in September in Detroit, at what was known as the
SOAR / GDSHS
Dual Meet. One day sponsored by GDSHS and the other day by SOAR and as
SOAR was handing out their trophies, Dan Pruss called me up and
presented me with a very unusual award.
The trophy was a very ratty log of wood with an even rattier old, beat up
hand axe sunk into the log, all spray painted gold.
This was for capturing more trees in one season with a sailplane than
anyone else. It was a very special award coming from Dan Pruss and the
SOAR guys and I have lost it over the years but I still have a picture of
the award presentation.
OK, who has their best tree story.
Regards, Dave Corven.
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