ORIGINAL: beepee
On the point about big bird events: I used to enjoy going to them, but since they have become the property of the Extra/Edge/Yak ''watch me hover!'' group I have lost most of my interest.
Flame suit on.
Bedford
This is because once you learn to hover on small planes, the large ones do everything much easier. Everything happens in slow motion.
My only beef about big bird gatherings is they somtimes tend to showcase money and status more than the actual enjoyment of the hobby. Granted, that's fine for people to enjoy the hobby how they wish, but sometimes, not always, you see guys who barely know how to fly (or fly just enough to be REALLY DANGEROUS with the big planes) buy their way into the hobby, and show up with huge RVs and trailers to match the egos.