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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Lyle Spiegel on May 03, 2013, 08:41:54 PM
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Does anyone know if Reading Pa club " Flying Dutchman" is still active? YouTube has some videos posted from a few years ago. I might be visiting in the area and possibly have time for some flying.
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Yes, they still fly at Reading. I'm sure those who do fly there who are members here haven't seen this post. Ken
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Is Dennis Lipsett (sp?) a member of this club? They fly regularly at the Reading CL field. Paved circles. Up the mountain where weird winds blow. Up from the Reading Pagoda, a construction that is notable and strange. The Philly fliers go up there once or twice a year. We always have a great time. A place to fly pulse jets and IC speed, if you are inclined. Banjok's pulse jet stunter did its maiden flights there. I have seen the venerated elders of Jet and IC speed rise from their tombs to trouble shoot and haunt... (Is that a quote from Ginsberg's Howl?)
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The Flying Dutchmen are still active but at a slower rate. Bob Fryer is the person to contact Generally there is flying on the weekends starting around 1PM. There are 2 paved circles and we are on top of a mountain which can give us some strange wind patterns. As to the Pagoda it is the only one in existence on the east coast and has been a landmark of the city of Reading since 1911. The view is spectacular from the top of the building
http://www.pagodaskyline.org/
I'll send an email with the contact info.
Dennis
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Thanks for the link. Learn something new/old about this great land of ours. H^^
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Nice to know there are Flying Dutchmen in foreign countries too.... H^^
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Nice to know there are Flying Dutchmen in foreign countries too.... H^^
Except that Pennsylvania Dutch are really German with a distinct language that really isn't German.