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I’m going out flying thread 2019

pawnshopmike

pawnshopmike

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Jetpainter said:
Yes we did!
We have a new Vice President that has made it his mission to have a lot of events this year. He's going to try and do at least a little something every month and several bigger events during the year. He's has plans to try and get some of the general public to our swap meet at the end of March and have an aircraft display, along with the sale itself. It was his calling members and pushing things along that made the good turnout. He gave out prizes for the best chili, most flight time, and held a raffle for some stuff from Redwing RC. I think the club lost a few bucks, but all that attended had a good time, and that is the point. I even bought a nice Redwing Hoodie from the Redwing guy. He's a big guy like me, so he has "Real Man" sizes.:lol2:
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Very cool. Should be a great year at Midwest Air Wing. And Jeff at Redwing is a super cool dude. Glad he’s supporting your club.
 
Bill Safrit

Bill Safrit

50cc
Rain rain rain and more rain here in the Charlotte NC area. 100% chance tomorrow. I,m putting together a new electric plane right now. I might get to fly it one day soon.
 
Xpress

Xpress

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Yes, Temporary Flight Restriction. Lots of border activity here as of late and the Border Patrol is requiring all of the airspace in the area.

I also experienced something new this morning on my way into work. Black Ice apparently occurs when temps are in the low 20's, and going sideways at highway speeds (even momentarily) is not something I was expecting :oblong:
 
AKNick

AKNick

640cc Uber Pimp
Xpress said:
Yes, Temporary Flight Restriction. Lots of border activity here as of late and the Border Patrol is requiring all of the airspace in the area.

I also experienced something new this morning on my way into work. Black Ice apparently occurs when temps are in the low 20's, and going sideways at highway speeds (even momentarily) is not something I was expecting :oblong:
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Here they increased the Class D airspace (permanently) for airline flight paths. Pretty lame, but luckily our club is still covered with out letter of agreement with the tower, faa, and USFS in certain locations. I need to work on another one for my float plane spot so I don't have to call the tower. FWIW 5 miles from the tower you are required to contact them but honestly they really only care about 3 miles in class D.

Black ice you say? whaaaaa?? ;) Lots of that here. The scary part is when the road is dry and there is enough humidity from a stream/river to create an interesting driving experience if you're not aware. I've seen the back end slip out.
We have had freezing fog lately... not too bad here, makes everything slippery. The craziest freezing fog I have ever seen was in Fairbanks, AK. I was driving through the super cooled fog that once it hit the truck it accumulated very fast. absolutely bonkers. People were pulled over because of the ice buildup on their wipers and windshield.
 
HRRC Flyer

HRRC Flyer

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Snoopy1 said:
All I can say is we all need help.
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Hey @Snoopy1 ,
You are absolutely right, my friend. I wouldn't have it any other way. . . . . . . . . :yesss:

stangflyer said:
Snoops....there is no help for us. LOL. I snapped a few photos from today's outing. We all had a pretty good time. The weather was....well, it is January. Can we expect anything other than what we had here in the Northwest? A bit chilly but the sun was shinning for a little while. It did start getting a little breezy and the cold really started biting our fingers. But plenty of heaters and coffee and conversation kept us going. Unfortunately, we had one season starter fatality. The AMA District Vise President lost a Kadet trainer. Ugh...not at all his fault. Before the "expiration date" flight...myself, Bryan (AMA), my son and one other fella decided to do some hot rod racing in the sky. My little O.S. 70 surpass stomped the competition. hee hee. Shortly after that, Bryan took off and as he was climbing out, the main wing decided to say..."See Ya"! Never liked the design myself. You all probably remember how the main wing slid into the front former with the "rib" finger. Liteply doubler that joins the wing, then slides into the front former of the fuse and then two nylon screws at the back of the wing. Well, the rib finger let loose and that is all she wrote. Sadly, the plane did a full powered arch back down to the partly frozen ground and lawn darted the plane up the engine. The plane is a loss, but hey...I guess it happens. Other than that, the brave souls that dared to challenge the cold winter weather had a pretty good time. I know I needed the flight time badly.

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So looking forward to Spring!!!
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Hey Rob,

Springtime can't get here fast enough for me either. Un fortunately I cannot enjoy flying in the winter any more. . . . . . :(

Jetpainter said:
Today was our "Frozen Finger Fly" the weather was pretty miserable, cold, wet, and windy, but it didn't stop a lot of people. I didn't fly, but I did enjoy a few bowls of awesome chili from our chili cook off. The field was partly flooded from a ton of rain Monday and one of the guys had to wade out in the cold water to get his plane after plopping it down while playing down low.

We have a quonset hut with a wood burning stove so you could stay warm in the wet 30's weather.

Here are some low quality pictures I stole from our clubs Facebook page.

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Hey Doug,

Looks like you guys had an AWESOME time. . . . . :big_yes:.
 
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