Flying/Building Reports

Vance Penton reported that he is still too busy to fly.

Joe Bolden flew in Yakima, but unfortunately broke a wing on the first flight.

Elmer Carlson is "restarting" the build he started last year, a Crackerjack homebuilt from plans.

Leroy Johnson has been flying his heli in his hangar and has started building a Great Planes J-3 Cub kit.

Steve Overley went to the Northwest Electric Fly In Spokane and has converted an eFlite Cub to a P-51 motor and gearbox using a 30C 3.4volt LiPo. Performance is greatly improved.

Mark Scarborough won first, second and third place trophies at the last control line stunt contest. He crashed his new electric powered stunt plane. Mark thinks it lost power due to a bad battery. Lines went slack, the plane crashed and the battery burned!

Dave Walker has been deer hunting and visiting his son in Boston. Dave is hoping to fly off the snow soon. He has skis installed on a plane.

Sam and Gunnar Sorem have not flown since the crash of Sam's giant scale Corsair at Leroy's field.

Don Hart has been building a new fuselage for his "Jerry's Big Boy", an 80 inch fun fly model similar to an UltraStick. The original fuselage was destroyed when the plane encountered a barbed wire fence during a dead stick landing. Don has also been flying indoor planes and helis at the Asotin School Gym.

Bruce Bumgarner has been flying his micro heli in his living room.

Colleen Bumgarner has a phone number to contact for an ARF 60" J-3 Cub for sale.

Bill Ward has finished the barn project and will be moving into his new shop around Thankgiving day.

Carson Sass showed his uncovered Thrush crop duster fuselage. Carson also showed a flag dispenser and crop dusting hopper he built from balsa. A smoke generator is planned. The finished plane will have a 7 foot wing span.