Pattern Fun

[Bill Glaze]

I used to have a Stinson in which I hauled competition airplanes also.
Undid the snaps on the canvas baggage compartment walls, and laid the
wings and fuselage on top of the control cables.  (No, it wasn't
dangerous; you had to see how I did it to believe it wasn't dangerous,
but, believe me, it wasn't.)
It was great for those situations where, as Steve says, the contest was
being held at an airport.
But, for those contests where an airport wasn't near the contest site,
it was a real pain to try to arrange for transportation.  Most light
plane fields, at that time, had no provision for rental cars, and it was
necessary to arrange for alternate transportation.
So, we didn't generally fly by light plane unless we could land at the
contest site.
But, when we could, it was great.  Got some good stories about
that.....................

Bill Glaze

RC Steve Sterling wrote:

> Eric-- you need an airplane to haul your airplanes around in.  I find
> a Cessna 182, with the backseat removed, fits a pattern plane fine,
> although the tail feathers stick back into the tail cone a foot or so.
> Has enough useful load to haul those big trophies back.Cuts those 6
> hour drives down to a 2 hour or so cruise above the traffic. A real
> bonus if the pattern contest is held at a field where you can land.
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>      [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of
>      Henderson,Eric
>      Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:10 PM
>      To: 'discussion at nsrca.org'
>      Subject: RE: Pattern Fun
>
>      Enjoyed 1-wing-low-Miller...Only took 6.5 hrs to get home to
>      SOUTH JERSEY...
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: Dave&Sue Funk [mailto:dnsfunk at peoplepc.com]
>      Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:48 PM
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Subject: Pattern Fun
>
>      Anybody that doesn't think pattern fliers have fun should
>      have been at the D1 Bridgewater contest this weekend.I
>      started laughing Friday after noon and haven't stopped
>      yet.Great weekend, great contest, lots of fun. Dave
>
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