Free Flight Sport - 2009/01
Gas model one design for 2009 Nats
THE GAS MODEL for the NFFS
[National Free Flight Society] One Design
event at the 2009 Nats will be Sal Taibi’s
1/2A Spacer. Bill Vanderbeek will give
every participant a nice certificate with a
three-view of the model that John
Anderson drew.
Free Flight Sport - 2009/07
WHEN I HEARD about the flight times of Clive Gamble’s Camel
at last year’s Flying Aces Club (FAC) Nats, I couldn’t believe it.
With scale flight times of 1:32, 2:10, and 1:47, I thought “You have
to be kidding me!”
Free Flight Sport - 2004/02
FREE FLIGHT SPORT: Flight is the
endgame in this hobby. I was reading a Flying
Aces Club (FAC) newsletter and saw a flighttrimming
article by Al Likely. Al believes that
in addition to science, there is a “feel,” a
“touch,” and an “art” involved in trimming. I
hope it is not an art. My high-school English
teacher told me she thought there was a little
poetry in everyone until she read my poem.
My artistic ability is on roughly the same level
as my poetry.
Free Flight Sport-2007/01
Ramrods without wheels will hit the skids in competition
FREE FLIGHT SPORT - 2003/02
WHAT AM I Doing Here? I have always loved this hobby. I am not
sure why. Maybe it has something to do with my father being a pilot in
World War II. Maybe it’s because when I was 15 dad told me I would
outgrow model airplanes, and I am just too stubborn to quit. I don’t
spend much time trying to figure it out. I just continue to enjoy building
and flying model airplanes. Philosophy just isn’t my Nietzsche.
