Hi all,
I hope everyone and their families have a safe, prosperous and classic pattern-filled 2010!

I had to create a second page for the "P" planes because the first "P" page was filled up. There is now a P2 page. I had to update all the other pages with navigation links to page P2. A small PITA, but it was going to happen eventually, so now was as good a time as any.

I added a few more planes to the image-base: Super Curare, Prather Panther, a pic of a Boxer, a pic of three Boxers, 2 different Contenders, a Dirty Birdy 40.

I also updated the Classic Pattern Plane list with 50 or so bits of data and about 15 new planes. If you have any information about any planes in the list, even if its a little history, anecdote, flying characteristic, variant, other manufacturer, whether it was wood or fiberglass...any information that you think would be of use for others, please post it here, send me an email or PM.

I have to come up with another way to handle new plane additions to the web site. Maybe 2010 will be the year for that project. Nearly 2400 pictures to manipulate; 1200 thumbnails images and 1200 full size images. I have to do it in such a way so as to keep my website hosting costs as low as possible. I have some ideas, but whatever I choose to do, I have to do it so I don't need any additional services from the hosting service like a back-end database.
Thanks again for the image contributions I received in 2009. I hope to see some more.

I also have ideas about other pages. One idea is to add a page with classic pattern engines. So, start taking pictures guys. I especially would like to see pics of new period engines. I have about a dozen so far that I've harvested from ebay, RCU and that other RC forum site. Ebay has made it difficult to pull images from auctions, but not impossible. It is a good source for information and it's where I have gotten a considerable amount of the data I have in the [link=http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/pattern/classicpatternlist.htm]Classic Pattern Plane list[/link]. When the time comes, and it may be as soon as two weeks from now, I will post the new classic pattern engine page and may start a new RCU thread to try to get some submissions.

Let me know what you guys think.

Happy New Year!

Thanks!

CAsniffer.