[AlaskaRC] Kenai / Groeschel / Stuff

[Armand Marshall]

Hey all.

Just wanted to make sure that everyone knew how great the Kenai Fun Fly was.
I would like to thank Leni and Mark (and everybody else) for going all out!

Unfortunately we did experience some wet weather but even during the rain,
the Peninsula modelers came out in large numbers and we all had a great
time.

 

I would have piped up earlier but I have been scrambling like crazy trying
to build another plane to replace the one that 'went down' in Fairbanks.
Well I got that one finished, maidened it today, and now I am window
shopping for the next project (got a plane you want to sell?)!

 

Yep, the maiden went off without a hitch, BUT it took three large men to get
the wings off when I was ready to pack it in!  Ouch!  Talk about a tight
wing tube.  "How large were they?"  hmmmm.

 

Thanks Mike (Allman) and Mike (Mosesian) for the extra muscle in removing
the wings - though (based on the grin on his face) I think Gerhardt was kind
of looking forward to me having to hangar my plane out there permanently
since I couldn't transport it with the wings on!  (HEY, you went there,
didn't you?  I wasn't saying that Mike and Mike are 'large'...)

 

For those of you who haven't met him, Gerhardt is great!  I think we should
try to keep him involved in our club.  Do you realize that he is 81 years
old?!?!  We should make him an honorary member for as long as we have this
relationship (his land/field) if not for life.  We need to invite him to our
meetings and our Christmas potluck too.  When the summer is over, there is
no reason that we can't continue our relationship.   It is nice that he has
all of us as new friends to talk to, joke with, and just hang out.  This is
the kind of thing you read about every month in the AMA magazine!  Someone
with beautiful land AND LOVES MODEL AIRPLANES!!!  I have to pinch myself and
make sure that I am not dreaming!  Every time I drive into that field, I
feel like I am in the Real Flight simulator.  THIS CAN'T BE REAL!

 

Anyway, Thanks again to the Peninsula Modelers!  You guys have a great field
down there and I can't wait to come back next summer!  One suggestion, can
you keep the rest of the entire Anchorage population off the highways during
that weekend - or at least out of the Soldotna Fred Meyer's parking lot and
on every bridge?  And, what's the deal with driving slow with a line of cars
behind you UNTIL you hit the truck passing lanes and flooring it (grandma)?
Well I oughta.

 

One more thing, thanks to Mike Allman for mowing the pits and runway at
Groeschel!  Looking good again.

 

Take it easy.  Have a great weekend.  Click it or ticket.  Keep it light.
Resist the urge to flame anybody in this forum.

 

(Don't forget; club meeting this Tuesday .)

~ Armand 

 <mailto:armand at nmitsolutions.com> armand at nmitsolutions.com

 

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