What is the longest time between the time that a person has lost sight of their plane and then regained sight of it and brought it down safely.
Buddy Roos I lost sight of an old Addiction for several minutes one afternoon. It was way high, and the durn thing bladed out on me getting back to the field. I searched the skies for a few minutes, and finally gave it up. I was loading the truck and just happened to look up, there it was a couple hunderd feet downwind and maybe 75 feet in the air heading right towards me. I had to get the transmitter out of the case and turn it on to land it. Needless to say that plane will never get sold or traded. I didn't have a watch on it (more ways than one) but it was at least 5 minutes. Seemed like forever. I was there the day Stevie lost his plane from the same field - he lost that one really good. A couple weeks ago I got lucky and spotted Greg Smith's beautiful Challenger - it was at least twice as high when I spotted it than it was when he lost sight of it. Transparent yellow monokote wings are invisible against a blue sky. I waited until it flew under a cloud before I started looking. And then there was the day I got to be the Mayor of the beanfield in Muncie. Thanks to JT for helping me find that one. No more green wings for me. happy trails - Rob RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
