The Great Planes 70” Waco was reduced to this pile of hardware due to a failure to properly preflight the aircraft. The underlying physical issue was insufficient up elevator travel to pull out of the dive. Down in the corn (big thanks to Bob who ventured in with me) weContinue Reading
We all know our planes crash. It’s never fun. Always sucks. Yet we fly, we crash, we grab another plane and do it all over again. Dave commented “at least it will fit better in my truck now”. That’s the spirit Dave.Continue Reading
Two years ago, I was doing a normal fly –by with my KATANA when suddenly the tail virtually exploded! It tore the vertical stab completely off and also partially destroyed the elevator: Fortunately, there was enough elevator control surface left that allowed me to have a fairly safe landing soContinue Reading
The Ostmann’s Field is the Burmuda Triangle: Last week, Dave Brown retrieved two aircraft in the muddy Farmer’s Field, north of the runway. Â The first aircraft, a P-51 owned by David Lynch was recovered by Dave’s patented “Spoon” aircraft fishing lure. Â Easy, Peasy! The second, was a ducted fan jetContinue Reading
The VQ Warbirds Aichi D3A “Val” One of the things that is most humbling about this hobby is just how unforgiving it can be. Those of you who were at the monthly meeting in June saw the Aichi D3A Dive-Bomber that I had built from the VQ Warbirds ARF kit.Continue Reading