Best flying Airplane I have ever seen, anywhere, anytime

[Jim Pollock]

To go along with the subject, I think that Paul should have used this airplane in Muncie and if he had done so,
would have his name of the Walker cup for the 11th? time.  If you want to know what it says on the wing
learn Russian.

Jim Pollock   

[Alan Hahn]

Somehow I find it a little unreasonable to say something like this---that the current winner was "lucky" that Paul Walker didn't bring his best.

I don't really think you mean it this way, but that's the way it sounds to me --both here and over at SSW.

[john e. holliday]

Well stated Alan,  if Paul or any  of the others thought they had a better plane than what they brought to the NATS, they would have brought it.  Have fun,  DOC Holliday

[Bill Little]

Hi Jim,

I know what you're saying, but it didn't come out right! 

I know you meant no disrespect to Orestes, just that that Impact of Paul's was an outstanding plane.  He might have done better looking back on things, but that is all conjecture.

[RandySmith]

To go along with the subject, I think that Paul should have used this airplane in Muncie and if he had done so,
would have his name of the Walker cup for the 11th? time.  If you want to know what it says on the wing
learn Russian.

Jim Pollock   

HI Jim

Paul  says  that the plane  he  brought,  was\ is  the  best plane he  has.   

Regards
Randy

[Randy Powell]

I don't know about the best plane, per se, but the best flight I've ever seen was Paul flying the pink and green (supposed to be red and yellow but the day-glo paint didn't quite work out) Impact at the NW Regionals several years ago. It was without a doubt the best single flight I've ever seen. I thought that plane was a killer.

[Kim Doherty]

Jim,

Here are Paul's words from a May 1,2007 email.

"I am VERY happy with the plane. It is clearly the best plane I have ever had."

I don't think that has changed.


Kim.

[phil c]

I had a nice opprtunity to talk with Paul, Mike Palko, and Don Banjock in the gales on Tuesday before the flying.  Paul seemed very happy with the new electric plane and how it flew.  After watching some of the flying, it was clear that unfortunately either he, or the plane, simply wasn't flying as precisely as in the past.  He said he was trying hard to really get sharp corners, which he got, but the price seemed to be lots of little minor jiggles and wiggles that the other flyers weren't getting.  Guess the judges weren't giving many extra points for that extra sharp corner, especially if  it made the plane a little jittery.

[Jim Morris]

Better plane or not , the bottom line is Paul didnt make the winning flight at this time. Win some , you lose some. Thats why they call it competition.

[Jim Pollock]

Alan,

I didn't say anything about anyone being lucky - those are your words not mine!
My opinion is my opinion, no one elses.  I haven't seen the new plane fly, so I can't
comment about it.  I have seen the one in the picture fly and it flew especially well
in July 1998.  How someone can construe what I said about one airplane I saw fly
in 1998 to be a negative comment about someone else is so far from logical comprehension
I do not care to post on these forum's any more.

Good Bye!

[RC Storick]

Alan,

I do not care to post on these forum's any more.

Good Bye!

It's you choice to post or not but do we really need to know. Good Bye

[Bradley Walker]

It's you choice to post or not but do we really need to know. Good Bye

I feel your pain Robert...

From what I hear Orestes is a machine...that might have something to do with him winning.

Uh, Derek is a UH "pretty good" too...

[Charlie Pate]

Heard from a knowledgeable source>(He was there.)
 Dereks plane had 10 flights on it when he arrived at the nats.
 Paul Walkers plane flew very well until the heavy winds came.

[rustler]

Didn't I read in a recent SN that judges should award more for real sharp corner even if it bobbles a little, than a real smooth but wide corner?

[Jim Morris]

I heard some judge say they would give more points for a bobble trying to find the correct height bottom, insted of 1 or 2 ft off but smooth. How can a square be square if it has a crooked line in it? 

[RC Storick]

Although not done too often. I personally like when they throw the WOW switch (weight on wheels) and just as it becomes airborne it the wheels retract and it drops to the deck , forward to zone 5 and straight up BOOM!!!!! Ground affects really are neat!!

[Louis Rankin]

The most impressive TomCat flight I have ever seen was in the IO.  About 200ft above the water headed right for the carrier.  First comes the water vapor cone, and then the BOOM!!!!!!!!!  There is nothing in this world more impressive than an airshow in the middle of the IO (Indian Ocean). 

Victor Belenko (sp), the Mig Pilot who defected to the west in 1977 was treated to an at sea air show aboard an aircraft carrier.  He could not believe what he was seeing.  In all his time as a Russian Mig pilot he claimed he and the other pilots were never briefed on the might and capablilties of the aircraft carrier Airwing.  He knew they existed, but never imagined they were that lethal.