Ain't that the truth. If it's not available on the internet, it can't be done seems to be the word now days. Almost had to laugh a few months ago. Was working on my gas scale at work(was a slow night) and had several people ask what kind of plane I was building. When I showed them the color sheet from the Newton plans I'm reworking and building from, they looked at me like I was crazy. More than one asked me why I don't just order a boat on line and save my time for running a boat that way. When I said the boat I'm building isn't available ANYWHERE in a RTR state and the engine alone will cost me around $1K, many just said good luck and others just shook their heads and walked away. It seems that the engine alone was more than they could comprehend for the entire completed boatSweet!
What young men did without cell phones in the 1960,s and 70,s !!!!! Me included.
!964-65 I too became dizzy flying control line, lost it and it flew straight at me.I used to fly control line but not speed. One day many years ago El Zorro talked me into flying one of his control line combat planes. After about a full minute of doing loops and figure 8s to try to keep from getting dizzy I screamed out " come get this thing I am going to crash it!" Dick just laughed and soon after I drilled it in the ground. At the exact moment that I Drilled it into the ground a spectator stepped on my u-control plane and destroyed it as well. Some days you are the pigeon and some days you are the statue. LOL
John
Sounds like my first flight, Dad and I were clueless it went into a wing over and nosedived into the ground. Cox PT19 trainer actually survived to get my through the "training" period LOLI still recall my first CL take off with my .049 Spad. Full up elevator when my neighbor released the plane and an immediate ground loop. The local hobby dealer failed to tell me to take off with neutral elevator. Next time out I flew the Spad with just the lower wing. With enough power, you could get almost anything off the pavement.
JD
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