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Title: Rachel's latest ride...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 08:40:30 PM
 Thanks to the generosity of "Leester" here on the forum I ended up with a nicely done Monokote finish Sterling F-94 "Starfire" model last fall. It hung on my wall waiting for a good home until just a couple weeks ago. I pulled it down and made up a new aluminum L/G for it, re-did the tailwheel wire, added a new set of wheels and a tank and then handed it off to 8 year old Rachel Sandberg just last weekend. During the past week Rachel and dad Keith mounted a spankin' new FP.25 on the nose and we all hit the field yesterday. Rachel did the maiden flight plus a few more and says it flies great!  ;D
Title: Re: Rachel's latest ride...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 08:42:32 PM

 The "Starfire"...

Title: Re: Rachel's latest ride...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 08:44:03 PM

 Keeping "loose" between flights... ;D

Title: Re: Rachel's latest ride...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 08:47:27 PM
 ...Rachel's "daily flier" lately has been the Shark 402 with a great running Fox .35...
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 08:49:51 PM

 The "Shark 402"...
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: billbyles on October 26, 2015, 09:09:15 PM
Rachel looks so cool out there flying...she seems to "own" the circle when she is flying.  Hope her interest remains at the current level for quite awhile.
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: Mark Scarborough on October 26, 2015, 09:12:07 PM
thats awesome,,
My daughter and I both started building Shark s too, Pat really put together a clean build on those,,

sadly ours never got finished,, working,, driving,, softball, all kind of got in the way,,,
but there is hope,, she just had a baby boy,,, now in about 4 years,, :)
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 09:28:40 PM
Rachel looks so cool out there flying...she seems to "own" the circle when she is flying.

 Yeah, she's gotten pretty comfortable out there this season. Here she decided to ditch the jacket mid-flight but then realized the "flying arm" sleeve wasn't quite going to work out. I didn't get any photos of some of her dancing in the circle during flights that was going on but like Keith said at that point, "maybe we all just take this stuff too serious!" ;D
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: Clint Ormosen on October 26, 2015, 09:39:40 PM
I usually keep "loose" the same way. I can be found tumbling around the practice circles between rounds.  LL~

Seriously, kids flying always make for cool pics! Nice job.

Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: wwwarbird on October 26, 2015, 09:56:07 PM
I usually keep "loose" the same way. I can be found tumbling around the practice circles between rounds.  LL~

 I thought maybe she learned it from Howard. :##
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: john e. holliday on October 27, 2015, 09:39:34 AM
She looks great and relaxed in those pictures.   Maybe a lesson to be learned.  Maybe also why my grandkids won't fly with me.  I get too serious at times.
Title: Re: Rachel's latest rides...
Post by: mike londke on October 27, 2015, 11:21:07 AM
Very cool! Keep it up Rachel!