We will be going to the willow this weekend to burn some kero... We should have a good little crew out there... Lou V, Pig, Gordon, Bob C, myself, Hoolie, Terry and hopefully the one and only Sauzzeech...

DA

Doudie
where are you staying for superman...... You all fly safe, what out for the " SNAKES" as the snake wrangler is in China,
i'll be in Phoenix for the weekend so you can expect pictures of any jet flying at SVF
Semper Fi
Joe

I don't know where yet... I'll let you know though..

DF

Look out!!!! Sounds like the Joe Mac is going to be making a VIP appearance on sat....

OR NOT!!!

I see you lookin Mike.... Where you been???

Aww...dougie. Daddy ruv you long time...

I maight be able to come down Satrdya....sorry ca'nt tipe, just got turned out.

how lon yu stayen.?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Well let's see now. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Sat and Sunday....

I'll be down first thing Saturday morning, staying over til Sunday.

Where are we gonna eat this time though, now that Duk Duk's encounter with Habib has probably gotten us banned from IHOP ?

Is Dave going to join us or will he be cleaning Sideshow's F-15 nose!!!

No 100% firm commitment yet, but he's hoping to be there. If nothing else, I may need his smelly bod for the maiden flight on my Hunter.

Gordon

I will be there, I need to be home Saturday night. I was gonna wuss out and stay here and work on the house, but when someone told me Smokin Joe is gonna show up.....then I canceled all my plans.
Who's bringin OPP for me?
cya then

I've got it...you fly down with in a Skyvan and pick up me and my planes. That way I can make it a one day trip and you can have some planes to fly.

I'm probably not gonna make it. Too much travel for work (last week and next week) so I'm gonna stay close to home.

SJ

Gordon's Hunter was CrackTastic!!!! Good times guys.. See ya at the next one..

DA

Great time at BW yesterday-Gordons Hunter was a real presence in the air and that there Presta fella did a hell of a job on the maiden. Scott

LOL - I'm just glad you didn't use the fire extinguisher on that inviting target.

Pity Doug's flying shots are out of focus - we're gonna have to put you back on the buddy box for the camera. Still, you did better than I did for the first flight, where I took a camera out to the flightline only to find out that the batteries were still in my van. Thanks a lot for the gear falisafe unit Doug !

Here's a couple of pics. There are a few more in the Hunter thread, at http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4704833

Here is a movie clip of the Hunter maiden take off. Scott
http://media.putfile.com/hunter-maiden
and landing
http://media.putfile.com/hunter-landing

Gordon

congrats on the successful flights. she's got some great lines!!!

hope to see you in Fres-Yes!!

cheers

Buck

Great looking Hunter Gordon! Always liked the Hunter and, believe it or not, the Lightning. I like odd English planes There was a Hunter parked across the runway from my shop at Van Nuys Airport but it recently bit the big one. I miss not seeing it anymore.

Thanks Bob ! BTW, I appreciate the help from the Jetcat guys in sorting out an odd start problem I was having when I first took my trusty old P120 out of storage and dropped it in the Hunter. What can I say .. there are some manufacturers that always just seem to be unavailable when you need them the most, but not your guys - they do you proud.

As for the EE Lightning, it's always struck me as an aircraft that looks fantastic from some angles, but not from others. It is also much more impressive up-close and in person than photo's ever suggest. Sigh ... if only my name was Mike Beachyhead

P.S. The Hunter is a BRITISH aircraft, not an English one ! Never forget that when talking with a Scotsman !!!

Buck - hope to see you in Fresno too. I may just do a one-day hit-and-run visit, depending on how well I am on schedule with preparations for my in-laws arriving just days after the event, but even that will be worth it to meet up with some of you guys that I haven't seen for ages. Say 'hi' to Liz & the kids for me.

Gordon,

Great job on the Hunter. That thing looked like a full scale on final.

Well done!

SJ McBride (on a borrowed computer!)

WOW a clean maiden on that plane after all of that time and effort, it must be very gratifying, I am sure.

Congrats Gordon!