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Friday 3rd July 2009.....Mt. Lienster (South Slope)
« on: July 03, 2009, 16:18:13 PM »
At last! some fairly dry weather and a good wind. It was nice to get the wind in my face and watch the planes dancing on the breeze again.


Three of our friends from Germany joined me on the slope. Here are some the models they brought with them.









There was broken cloud and SW winds gusting 40 - 60 Km/h with quite good lift.

Here is Alexanda, look at that smile,........Full of confidence! :D

Sabastian concentrating very hard......there was always the risk of the planes being "blown back" over the ridge  in that much wind

And finally Lothar,......having a bit of a bad hair day I think :lol:

I had already met Lothar yesterday at the flying field,....so I feel we are old friends now, (Well,......actually I am old,.....he is friend.  :lol:  I thougt I'd say that before Fred or Joe did :roll: )

Lets hope for some more good flying weather and another chance to meet up again

Keith
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 19:18:26 PM »
Hey Keith
Was just about to mail you to ask how you got on today.
Good by the looks of things.
Did you try the fox??
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2009, 19:51:53 PM »
Hey Joe,

Yeah it was a good day. Unfortunatley I'd already been flying for two to three hours before Seb., Alex., and Lothar arrived and I was only able to fly with them for a short while. :(

As for the Windrider Fox:

It's a very light model, I don't know the actual wing loading, and with the quite strong wind it was a little difficult to controll :oops:   She is agile but needed more balast for those condition. Good inverted flight, roll rate was fair but she lost a lot of speed.
She still can't compare with the Phase 6 though, that's my favorite at the moment. (Now that I can land her in one piece. :wink: )

I'll figure out how to increase the loading on the Fox and try again :)  I'll let you know the outcome. Or better still,...............meet me at the slope and try her yourself!

K.
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Friday 3rd July 2009.....Mt. Lienster (South Slope)
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2009, 21:51:28 PM »
Looking good guys !!  :clap:  :clap:

Can't wait to be at tomorrow to join the party !!
10 gliders in the car, ready to go... And more waiting in the hall, must last 2 weeks of intense flying !!  :D  :D

Keith, we will see you at the campsite tomorrow ? :?:
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2009, 22:06:58 PM »
Sorry Fred, I have Mandy's mother & father staying with us so I will be missing from the campsite tomorrow.

I'm hoping to be at Big L on Sunday morning/ early afternoon. (Will I be aloud to fly? I don't have any vintage planes.)(I suppose I could try to fly, after all, I'm vintage!!! :lol: )

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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2009, 22:07:20 PM »
Ha!

here we are! Great, to find all the friends from Ireland at one place. The trip home was not to bad. Heidi and I arrived in Bremen on Tuesday at 12.00 hrs.

Thanks for all of You, who made Ireland such an unforgetable trip.

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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2009, 15:18:27 PM »
Well, hello Lothar :D
 
Very glad to know you & Heidi  enjoyed yourselves in Ireland and we are looking forward to seeing you here again soon. We have a fly-in at Mount Lienster in the middle of September,.......bring your combat models with you! (I'll give you a good thrashing :lol: )

Talking of combat flying,........... I was up on the west slope of Mt.L this morning, just unloading my car, when a tall gentleman with a German accent approached me.
On holiday in Ireland he knew he had missed Retroplane, but had the sense to bring a couple of small foamies with him to the Big L. anyway.

Andraus (Sorry about the spelling) and I spent the next three hours flying together :)
Instantly likeable he is also into combat flying, (Cleaver man!) and the time just flew by(sorry about the pun :oops: )


The above picture shows him with his "own" version of a Zagi. He cut this aerofoil himself.
He has been flying rc for 10 years. Here is another of his models.....



The strange thing is Lothar, he knows you. You must be a very popular fellow!!!

He is hoping to come back to Mt.L. next week on his way home to Belgium so hopefully we will have another chance to fly together again.

Aint it strange who you meet on a slope in the middle of now where??? :wink:
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2009, 19:05:39 PM »
Yeah Keith,

You found Andreas from Bruxxels (or so). I've seen him the first time at the german Flying-wing-meeting this spring. it was in his holiday time. He's very good in aerodymic things.

There is only one thing which he surprises me, how long his holidays are. It seems to me he is always on holidays... :lol:

...the world is getting smaller and smaller....

The smaller plane is a "Frettchen". I have one of those in my basement. May be I built it for my next trip to Ireland.

If You meat him again, give him my regards.

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Lothar
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2009, 19:42:38 PM »
Hi Lothar
Guess you found your way back home again then. Maybe you are like you boomerangs and alway come back!! :D  :D

Welcome to the forum.

Keith you are a friendly soul. Always meeting new people!
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2009, 20:20:40 PM »
It's my magnetic personality Joe! :lol:

Lothar,..........I'll let you into a little secrete about Andreas. The reason he has such long holidays is because for him, life is a holiday. Like me, he is retired.

I thoroughly recommend it to anyone! I have always belived that 'work' is a much overrated pastime :wink:

Keith.
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2009, 14:36:32 PM »
'Work, the curse of the drinking...and flying classes'

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