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Hello from the U.S.
Freedom Flyer:
Gerry,
The Bird of Time is my brother Wayne's, he did build it from a kit and did a nice job, it flies very well. My oldest brother Arlen also has one but it is the ARF version, he made a power pod and takes his up that way. Wayne flies his with some assistance from me as well as on the slope.
This is a pic of my brother Wayne and I about to piggy back his BOT, it's what we do when there's no wind. This flying site is great because it's a pasture out Wayne's back door, and only two miles from my house. The Power plane is a Senior Telemaster 8' span with a Super Tigre .75 glow motor.
This gives you a bit of an idea of what our LZ looks like, pretty spoiled
Wayne launching his Bird of time off of our slope "Table Top"
:D
Happy Days:
There are times when I’d give my right arm for a landing area like that! :lol:
A good selection of models too. I recognise the Sprit Elite. I quite envy you, apart from the very cold winters. :wink:
Interesting pictures, thanks for sharing them Tracy :clap:
K.
gerryb:
hi tracy, fantastic flying sites and all that glorious sunshine too, lucky lads!!
have a look at some of our models, go to forum, click scale, go down to tountinna gazette and click on it. photos on pages 3 and 4.
tountinna is where we fly in the mid west, located approx. 10 miles north east of shannon airport. lovely spot overlooking lough derg. you and 'the brothers' will have to come and visit some time.
Freedom Flyer:
Gerry and K,
We do have the Sunshine, lots of it, that's what makes the winters more bearable. Even with the sub zero temps, the sun makes you feel warm, we don't have a lot of humidity here very dry, so that helps a lot too. Our site is absolutely wonderful when the wind cooperates, which is more often than not. It's my schedule that doesn't cooperate so much. :D We get a bit of roiling air behind the lip but not bad at all. We can usually land within 20 meters or so, unless it's really howling, but having so much flat ground to land on is a real blessing.
I went to your tountinna gazette sight, my turn to be envious of you, that place must be huge!!!! The grass is always greener right? In your case that's true due to all your moisture :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:. There are truly some beautiful planes there as well, looks like some fine craftsmen over there. Also appreciate the fact that there's some folks still flying some Gentle Ladies over there. I've got the first one I ever built back in 1982, I love that plane, I take it with every time I go out, just a good ole standby.
I'll keep going through my pics and sharing here and there, don't want to show them all at once :D . Thanks for the kindness and interest you've shown, I look forward to more conversations. I've also enjoyed the humorous posts too! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Goodnight. Tracy FF
Alan_Perse:
Hi Tracy. Welcome to the forum. That looks like a great slope. I wish we had more sunny weather like you have.
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