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Offline Steve Scott

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Meat, beans and nitro
« on: September 07, 2009, 06:15:50 PM »
This Labor Day found about 15 members of the Minneapolis Piston Poppers and spouses gathering at their club field for a day of sport flying, burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, pasta salad, cookies, cake and soft drinks.
Foreground is infield of a former ball diamond - we fly off the better section in the outfield.  Grain silos and the marshalling yard for BNSF railway in background.  No noise complaints here!Glen Peterson carrying out his Brodak Fancy Pants

Wayne Willey's superb scratch-built PBY-5 Catalina stunter.  Two Saito .30s power it.
Ivars Greizins piloting his venerable Sig Twister on circle #1

Ivars' Twister airborne showing rebuilt outboard wing panel
Lineup of airplanes and members

TF Tutor ARF owned by...  Bob Cheney
Mr. Cheney doing duties at the grill.  Sina Gourdarzi anxiously awaits a scrumptuous patty

George Murphy (L) with unknown bipe in teutonic insignia.  Bob Cheney (R-foreground) and Glen Peterson look on
Wayne Wiley's kit-bashed Twister is now a Stuka

Wayne's fab PBY.  Glen Peterson assists.
Wayne signals to launch the 'cat

Not everyone had the holiday off.  Member/MPLS firefighter Keith Sandberg on a lunch break prepping an ARF Primary Force (after responding to two fires that morning)
Keith also has an equally superb Beach 18 w/twin OS 30 four strokes
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Re: Meat, beans and nitro
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 09:28:50 PM »
A few more shots from this afternoon:


Wayne's fine F6-F Hellcat
Another example of Wayne's attention to detail and skill with an airbrush.  Note the engine and gun exhaust stains

Keith Sandberg's semi-scale P-40 stunter.  Nice!  Saito .56 for power.
« Last Edit: September 09, 2009, 01:24:18 PM by Steve Scott »
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Re: Meat, beans and nitro
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2009, 04:39:03 AM »
Nice photos, I hope all had fun.
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Re: Meat, beans and nitro
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 08:29:12 AM »
The pictures are great and great to see it was a family affair.  The old Sky Devils of KCMo did that a couple of times.  JJ, my son was just a baby back then.   DOC Holliday
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Offline Ward Van Duzer

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Re: Meat, beans and nitro
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 09:10:44 AM »
Great post!

(how did he do dat)?



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Re: Meat, beans and nitro
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2009, 11:51:48 AM »
 Nice pics Steve, thanks for putting them up! y1

 
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