ORIGINAL: mike109
G'day Jim. Yes, I am finally starting to get the hang of this hobby. It has only taken about 50 years but I think I may at last be making small progress. The secret seems to be to do what I like doing and to ignore the advice from people who want me to go faster or to do things I just don't want to do. I have more or less decided that all my planes need to be able to fly themselves. I will just tell them where to go and then leave it up to the aircraft to do the rest. My Kadets Senior, Cubs and Old Timers can do that so I think I will just concentrate on them. They are the ones I can fly with a big smile on my face so that is what I am going to do. Cheers, Mike
You are a man after my own (60 year old) heart. I think it would be positively a wonderful day of flying to have my Enya 1.55-4C in a large Tiger Moth or Nieuport 17 and just chug around the sky at 1/2 throttle. Fly inverted - naw, loops- naw. Just a sweet slow take off, lazy banking turns and a three point scale like landing. Sigh.
Bill