At 01:11 PM 8/7/2001, Mark Miller wrote: >The Hobie is an original Hobie made ARF that was new >in the box up to a month before the NATS. I got it a >few years ago and finally figured it was ment to fly >and not sit in a box in the garage. Probably not the >thing to have if you want to be competitive in >Nostalgia but it sure is pretty and attracts >attention. in my mind Nostalgia shouldn't necessarily >be a really competive event but should be more of a >walk down memory lane. Let's bring out all that cool >stuff and show it off! Seeing Jim Bacus get landing >points with his is a feat in itself. Finally getting a >full launch with a zoom at the end was for me a major >milestone that day. The cheer from the SOAR guys when >I did made me feel especially proud. The Hobies side by side, a fun day for sure!!! http://silentflight.org/NATS2001/RES-NOS/pages/DSC01026.htm Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of Chicago SOAR club ICQ 6997780 R/C Soaring Page at http://www.mcs.net/~bacuslab/soaring.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]