Apparently inspired by events in the middle east and New York a local homeowner in Laguna Niguel has redefined slope combat for us. He set himself up with a high-powered air rifle and a good vantage point for sniping (his back yard), and started banging away at our planes. Due to his location and the wind we didn't figure out what was going on until three of our planes had had holes blasted through them. A particularly solid hit on a JW pulled the elevon partially off and caused it to crash down the hill. My Wizard merely had a nice chunk of foam and skin blown out of the middle of one wing and an Obechi-covered Hobby People Euro-thingy had the basswood leading edge shattered by a round that passed through the wind at an angle, entering the bottom about an inch behind the LE and exiting through it. After we spotted the shooter, he acknowledged us by wanging a round off the top of our frequency board shelter. At this point we landed, moved off to a safe distance and dialed 9-11. Three cop cars arrived, and everyone got to talk to the police. If anything interesting evolves from all this I'll let you all know. In the meantime if you fly at the Laguna Niguel slope be aware that there is a more than slightly unstable dude, about 6' 2" tall and 240 pounds (big-belly) with longish black hair and a SERIOUS dislike for glider guys. He lives in/shoots from the house immediately to the south of the park overlooking the slope.
John Roe, veteran of the Easter-Week massacre. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.MartialArtsAcademy.org www.sccollege.org/mroe [1935.2, 263.3] Apparent Rennerian RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
