[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a week ago, I was flying my Mog on Woodrat Mountain here in Southern Oregon, when a small falcon of some sort decided to "engage" me! Time after time he would come in for the kill. I decided after his fifth or sixth run at me, Id'e better take evasive action and get out of there!! Does anyone know how well EPP stands up to talons?.. It's these types of events that stick in my mind and make me smile every time I think about them., Randy original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/soaring/?start=41424 > How about a top ten soaring sights? I'm not talking necessarily about a > location, but could be an event or circumstance. > > Several weeks ago, I was flying my 2M Banshee thermal ship, when suddenly it > was very quiet and very hot. I was sorta daydreaming with my plane in a > decent thermal when the change in temperature made me more aware. I looked > up again with new interest and saw hundreds of dragon flies around me, the > sparrows above them, a buzzard way up there, and on top, a little speck, was > my plane bumping around in a circle. With the sun directly overhead and > above my plane, the dragon flies looked like fairies in one of my kids books > with their wings sparkling, and the tiny spiders making a break from their > nest on strands of silk were floating above in a gentle circle like a > cyclone in slow motion. The eye of the thermal. Wow--that was about all I > could think to say. Wow. > > Rob Crockett > Grass Valley, CA > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
