Not to spoil your fun, but I believe there's something in the AMA safety rules about drinking and flying...
THEY...who ever "THEY" are???I never drank when I flew. A good example of this is the time I stopped at the Vet's Club on the way to a tennis match. The guy I was playing against served the first ball. I swang at it and completly missed it and it hit and broke my glasses. I have never drank at a sporting event from then on but used to have a few beers during a pool game to settle the nerves but no one was throwing anything at you. If I had too many the game skills would completly dissapear. I saved most of the drinking for afterwords. When I played Mushball in the 70's our team got the sportsmanship trophy because we always lost and had to buy the keg of beer after the game. As far as Portland Parks now I do not believe Boooooze is allowed. I have settled into being a Pepsi Attic. In those years I do not think i ever saw you drink. or anyone else that flew models at the time. Gene and Tim would never drink or smoke anything and that is probably why they passed on before me. But we did have a lot of fun despite the fact we Were pure as gold! LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ HB~>
Say that DRINKING THE BREW OF CHAMPIONS while practice flying stunt is NOT A GOOD THANG'!! ~^
However I can remember the daze days at Delta Park in the summmmmmmaaaatime...how a few of my good ol' flying buds...would take along a 6 pack or more.... of cold beer and share the hopps between those hot summer practice flights. (I always managed to bring along a few bottles of Root Beer for folks like Matheny or Dunlop for our tea tottin-toddlers. VD~
Not only did it seem to smooooooooooooooth out the nerves a tad....it also seem to bring out either the worst or honest best stunt flying in us.
Plus we could ALWAYS BLAME THE BOOZE....if we happened to crash or fly those "less than stellar patterns?" LL~
HEY LEO......Is their any posted "park-rules" that would hinder that practice today?
Bye the way...YESTERDAY my beloved daughter brought me a six pack of this really tasty brew (see attached photo) that just may replace my beloved Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Beeeeeeeeeeeeeer...which was my brew of choice in the old DELTA-DAWN-DAZE GONE BYE FOREVER!!!
Not a survey....BUT WHAT BREW DO YOU THINK IS THE NEW "BREW OF CHAMPIONS?"
From what I have read, alcohol degrades your sense of timing and your judgment. It has no effect on strength or endurance. I find that if I have one beer, I can tell that my flying of the pattern is degraded. Alcohol does make one feel better, and masks discomfort, tiredness, etc. I have been in situations where by about 3 PM I was tired, hot, wet, dirty, and bug-bit, and really dragging. I'd chug down a couple of brews and become bright-eyed and bushy tailed and keep on working until dark.I have been known to have have a few brewskis at the local Tavern w HB~>hile bicycling and gone home a little more than mildly anebriated. The problem with that is you weave all over the road and you don't give a Rip. n~ n~ n~ n~ n~
Club I belonged to where brews flowed freely lost a prime flying site because of it. I don't think anyone should drink while flying, and I would not encourage any alcohol on the flying field. (Although I have been known to drink a beer at days end.)
There is only one beer to drink.It is made by the oldest brewing company in the country (1829) it's brewery is a national registry item. And it is 2 miles from my residence. Of course I'm talking about Yuengling beer. I usually drink Lager, Port or Chesterfield ale. This is real beer, not water and suger like most national brands.Light beer is for yuppies, most national brands are tooo sweet. Micro breweries are really making some very good beerTHAT SOUNDS LIKE A REEEEEEEEEEEEAL MAN'S BREWSKI! H^^
LEO! GREAT STORY....(Guess I was one of those slower Buffalo's that got shot!Thats got to be scary. You have to cut down on the beer drinking by at least 4 ounces especialy if it brings Gruby to light. LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ n~ n~ n~ n~ n~ n~ LL~
Speaking of SHOT!
I found an old Beer bottle in the back of the Fridge...labeled "SUN DOG" that was left here a few weeks ago by a visiting relative.
I popped that last night before dinner...and I gotta tell ya!
Although it is claimed if you "CHUGGGAAAALLLLUG" this beer in one big glup while sitting on that Delta Park Picnic bench in a steady NW Rain and Snow mixed downpour......
With in minutes....THE SUN WILL SURE UH SHOOTIN' APPEAR BRIGHTLY IN THE SKY!
Although it was raining here....while I was Gussslin' that SUN DOG BREW.
I didn't see the sun.....HOWEVER....
"GOOD LORDY!!!!
I SWEAR I COULD BEGIN TO HEAR THE ANGELS..(OR DEMONS SING) AND EVEN MORE UPSETTING....I THOUGHT I COULD SEE MASTA GRUBY ("G-MAN'S) FACE AT THE END OF THE HOLY "TUNNEL OF LIGHT!" LL~ LL~ ~^ ~^ ~^ ~^ VD~ VD~ n~
There is only one beer to drink.It is made by the oldest brewing company in the country (1829) it's brewery is a national registry item. And it is 2 miles from my residence. Of course I'm talking about Yuengling beer. I usually drink Lager, Port or Chesterfield ale. This is real beer, not water and suger like most national brands.Light beer is for yuppies, most national brands are tooo sweet. Micro breweries are really making some very good beer
I've never consumed such beverages while flying. I have enough problems keeping the thing out of the ground. But while building, hmmm, now that's happened. Uh, regularly. Probably why I look in the shop the next day and say, what was I thinking!
In years past I have done a lot of things after a few or more often quite a few. The only thing I ever found that I could not do at all was to overhaul a BIC lighter.LL~ LL~ LL~That Ol' age thang'....I resemble that remark also!!! y1 LL~ H^^
Not anymore........................ Not better morals, just old age.
When in Pa.,definately try a Rolling Rock...do not, I repeat,NOT, consume an Iron City, unless you want to hear a hundred little Gruby voices in your head.
I seldom imbibe these days. But there was one hot summer in So. Korea when I became addicted to OB beer (the local brew). It came in quart (or liter) bottles, and just one would make all the cares of the world go away.
Floyd in OR
Evidently not an uncommon problem
I play rock'n'roll in a 5 piece band, and if I drink before a gig, I have trouble remembering where I am in the song!!
Save all my beers for afterwards.
Neville
I do REMEMBER having a beer................
Geo,I used to drink Blitz but the next day was murder!
I thought the oldest German bier was Bavarian, but wasn't even close! This came up on Google.
http://www.totalbeveragesolution.com/weihenstephan/
My favorite German bier was Bischoff, and it's now imported by Beer Geek. It's made in a small German village near Sembach AB, and was very popular with most of the folks on base.
Though German bier is very good, I don't think it compares to our finest NW micro-brews. Portland OR is a beer lovers paradise!
Agree with you on Sam Adams, another great beer. My son-in-law went to school in Boston, and we drank a lot of Sam Adams while visiting them in Cambridge.
By the way, Sam Adams is the only US beer imported by the oldest brewery in England (mentioned by Neville). Says something about the quality I think.
http://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/
Bill
Not while flying, but in many, many sea ports. Worst beer ever is in Italy, Peroni. Yuk and instant splitting headache. All the rest are just beer. After the third one, they all taste the same except for stouts. LL~
Also found, much to my dismay that beer is a great contributor to GOUT. Yep, that and wine, aspirin and red meat. Guess what is no longer in my diet. H^^
And of course the old saw, "one does not buy beer, but merely rents it." H^^ LL~ LL~ LL~