I'm back in the chop again after a 23-day non-modeling vacation. Mid-May through early July was pretty much pure control line, featuring six major events. Here's a little info from the break.
Southwest Colorado, near Durango, Cascade, and Silverton. I took my first glider flight ever and my first real plane flight in about 25 years. Took off at 6,400 feet, towed to 9,000 feet, released tow & took over the controls. Thermaled to 11,000 feet, went sight seeing in the 14,000-foot mountains, and descended back to the postage stamp-side air strip.
That's Baron von Richtoffen, our new one-year old daschund. To him, a four hour 10,000 foot mountain hike is just a light workout if he can cool down in mountain stream. That big stone thing is the "Chinese Wall", a 1930's CCC project built when they didn't just send out government assistance for nothing.
We went on the D&SNGRR on the very last train before a big rock slide buried the track and marooned two trains (shown) in Silverton until the track was fixed.
So much for the wildwild west, I'm back in my model cave. See you at the F2D TT in Detroit Labour Day weekend.