Okay Team, as of Monday we will be on the road in our great Southern Adventure (note the capital letters). We’ll be out of touch with you over the Christmas break. Just so you can follow us (say in Google Earth) … so Leigh, Calgary, me and two weeks worth of support gear ….. 18…
Author: Scott
The Flying Fool
As you know I’ve taken up radio control slope soaring usin my Caterbury Sailplanes “Eraser 60”. Well I have to say I’m getting better at it and feel a lot more comfortable up there. For example, my landings are less crashes and generally the plane stays the right way up. I’m not yet good enough to…
Down Under Update
Terry has asked for a update missive from the lovely southern hemisphere. Lets start with the people …  Sam is just in the middle of his second year engineering final exams. He writes hismost difficult today (go sam ) something called materials and then has a week until thermodynamics. The kid knows how to live. We…
Two years on
In honour of Warren I’m heading out tonight (with Leigh) to the Honest Lawyer for dinner and a pint of “Macs Gold”. I miss the old guy!
Flight Time
I’m becoming quite good at this radio controlled slope soaring caper. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting regular flights of 20 minutes to an hour. The real challenge now is flying in lighter winds when you have to be very careful and not push the glider around and of course landings. Half…