If you're in the Midwest and can get out and slope today, get out. I got about 20 minutes in over lunch, flying in winds 20+mph out of the S/SW, sloping over the river.
I've been flying this location with a HLG the last couple weeks, but it's strong enough out today that the foam seemed to be a better choice. No way to go to the backside where I fly, but the front is a long, subtle bowl, with a lot of nothing out front. Anyway, trying to get my touch back after flying slow all Summer, and I see what I thought was a seagull come in from over my shoulder. Don't see him again for another few minutes, but it turns out he had moved back and above me (not my ship). As I did a pass back down the face of the bowl, he moved in. It was very impressive; he never flapped, didn't seem to be trying to hard, but he moved directly into my 'six'. I was concerned about flying into him, so I dropped and moved out over the water. He never got more than about 3 feet from me, following me thru the whole maneuver. I did one more run back at myself and around the circuit, he tucked in on me once, then decided I didn't know what the hell I was doing and moved out. Only saw him one more time; as I was putting my stuff back into the car. He dropped in above my car, did a little half roll to get a better look, then went back to cruising the shore line. I assume he was curious as to what I was putting in the car, or maybe he was telling me to practice more and come look him back up when I was a lot better. Lift, Brent 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
