[NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

[Doug Cronkhite]

It's cause Ron's got skills..

Don't forget, Ron's been around long enough to remember when pattern 
airplanes we're built out of BALSA wood.. lol (sorry Mike.. no 
disrespect to your Black Magic line..)

-Doug


> Yes, we did keep them running until the airplane was in the hangar.
>
> BTW, we also used brakes back then too, so we could demonstrate taxi 
> and a full stop just before takeoff.  Then we had to come to a full 
> stop (straight ahead) after landing, before taxiing back to the hangar 
> and stopping in the hangar.  Just producing brakes was a "cottage 
> industry" back then.  I still have some mechanical and electric brakes 
> in a baby jar somewhere.
>
> Ron VP
>
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:17 PM, J N Hiller wrote:
>
>> Ron, how did you keep those old motors running long enough to finish the
>> flight and taxi back? I couldn't get then to run long enough to fly 
>> around
>> myself.
>> Jim