Every February we have a meeting at Watt Field, the home of Watt Moore in Chester, SC. It was about 78 degrees with sun and clouds and the lead edge of a cold front moving through. The very low-lying field and half-circle of trees bordering the field shielded us pretty well from the strong 15-25kt winds and confusing thermals gusting even higher in the area, and it got very exciting in overhead maneuvers. We flew anyway, nobody chickened out, and we witnessed some heart stopping and hilarious saves. A couple of planes appeared to actually stop moving momentarily overhead, but amazingly not one single crash.
Of course, we all flew beaters, Watt has plenty of those on hand for these occasions. He gave me a 30 year old Tutor with a Thunder Tiger Pro .36 to replace my Cardinal which self-destructed in mid-flight last Sunday. That Cardinal was also one of his old planes I'd been flying for about 2 years. Will Davis cooked a pot of beef stew soup and cornbread for lunch. Don Jenkins showed off his latest build, a yet to be painted 60" wingspan beauty of his own design. He's been posting updates on it in the workshop thread lately. Fun day.
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That's Brian Malin with a profile Nobler below.