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10 seasons ,it needed a proper send off...

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I've heard of clubs that put up old planes and "shoot" them out of the air. Might be more dramatic!

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been there,done that.more fun,but we are to close to town now

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Ahhh a nice viking send off like the pagan kings of old....

To valhalla!!!!!

-Mike

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What, no marshmallows?

Nice send-off. I can remember building and flying Guillows rubber models when I was a kid, then letting them go off the 2nd story lit up for a last crash&burn.

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you can switch to paintball guns if suburbia gets too close. that was one of the fun things that was done last weekend at our club's family day. there were a lot of deer hunters apparently taking their out of season frustrations out on a couple of old planes. thousands of paintballs were wasted trying to bring the old planes down.

david

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Dave, Nice send off.

David, The paintball gun thing sounds like fun.
Do you get extra points for shooting the pilot?

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[X(] Oh shoot ... I "BURNED THE WRONG PLANE". :D

"Was I suppose to remove the radio equipment first. "

"Do Norwegian's stomp their planes to give them a "New World send off"?"

Hope to be able make a plane last long enough to actually do this too.

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that s a shame....

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I LIKE THE PAINTBALL IDEA,YOU MAY HAVE JUST STARTED SOMETHING AT OUR FIELD......

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get a trainer that flies slow and let 'er rip. it took many paintball guns and many slow passes before the 1st plane lost her vertical stab and rudder and nosed over into the runway. i personally did not partake but it was fun to watch.

david

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My mom, took one of my dad's old balsa planes and used it as kindling for the grill!!!!!!
Greg Grigsby

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Yeah, Not what I would do to retire an old model of mine[:o]

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same here, it looked like a nice plane... ive burned 1 ac im my life one was an ultra sport, it wasnt worth repairing and nobody wanted it, this was in the early 90's,

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Was the Zeus designed just before pattern went 2M?

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FRED FLINSTONE TRIED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT WHEN HE WAS A BOY...ACTUALLY IT WAS A 2M DESIGN @MID '90 BY JOHN NOSLER(YES, PART OF THE NOSLER BULLET FAMILY).HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN PATTERN IN EUGENE, OREGON,BUT DIED OF CANCER A FEW YEARS BACK.VERY SMART GUY,A REAL PROBLEM SOLVER.HE WAS THE PERSON WHO GOT ME STARTED IN PATTERN IN 1992 BY HOSTING A NOVICE CHALLENGE.THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE COULD CALL OURSELVES NOVICE AND LIVE WITH IT.THE SALUTE IS TO JOHN.THANKS...

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WOW . . I would have made a slope soarer out of it. An old Pattern plane would be awesome on the slope, just don't know of anyone who has been brave enough :eek:

Look like you might have been the man, Dave :D

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Was it really in that bad of condition?