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Old 07-14-2007 | 08:53 PM
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Hi Tom,

I am in Lewisville for a few days, where is your flying field? I would love to stop by tomorrow (Sunday) and take a look at some wild hares!
Old 07-15-2007 | 08:09 AM
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It's totally under water.

I have a picture but it's apdf and RCU doesn't support them, but trust me the whole park is flooded. The photo shows our roof and wind sock and a lot of water, nothing else.

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Old 07-15-2007 | 08:16 AM
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Still flooded Tom? Wow. you guys must have really been dumped on..
Old 07-15-2007 | 08:29 AM
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I think he shoved it our way. I'm in Vidalia LA, accross the river from Natchez Miss, and we've been getting hammered for a week with rain out of TX. It's been storming all morning, since before daylight, so no flying this weekend. I live two blocks from our flying field and it's too wet to use. Gonna take at least a week or more to dry out. Lucky I got the grass cut the day before the rain began. Bright side is that I'm utilizing the time to build the Wildhare Ultimate that I got from Tom...
Old 07-15-2007 | 05:20 PM
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It's totally under water.

I have a picture but it's apdf and RCU doesn't support them, but trust me the whole park is flooded. The photo shows our roof and wind sock and a lot of water, nothing else.

TF
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If you get in a pickle and need a field to fly in you only need to give me a shout. My casa is your casa. Or should that be my field is your field LOL... Either way just give me a call if your in the need before yours drys out.
Old 07-15-2007 | 10:00 PM
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Yeah it really sucks that we can't fly. Especially now that I have the Sukhoi finished. I'm just eggin to fly it. But it's startin to dry out here. But I haven't gone this whole time without flying. It's good to have foamies.
Old 07-15-2007 | 11:09 PM
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Actually the water is still rising, I don't expect our field to be flyable for at least a month.

Shaun, thanks for the offer, I may just take you up on that offer.

TF
Old 07-16-2007 | 01:16 AM
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If it wasn't for the necessary lead time W/H would have the perfect oppportunity to come out with a float plane....Sorry to hear about the field and local conditions.
Old 07-16-2007 | 07:57 AM
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Tom,

If you send me the photo, I can convert it for you :-)

tom
Old 07-16-2007 | 06:52 PM
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OK here it is. You can see the tops of the picnic table and runup stand.

The area at the bottom which is outlined by short posts is the parking lot.

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Old 07-16-2007 | 07:09 PM
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Yeah Tom, That was about 2 weeks ago. So I think the water should be going down very very very very slowly. Where's the heat. We need some of that global warming.
Old 07-16-2007 | 09:34 PM
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Yikes! Whadda mess.
Old 07-16-2007 | 09:54 PM
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The irony of the situation is that we are in a severe drought here in FL. We should water truck a whole lot of that flood water on down. It would help with global warming and maybe with the drought situation here.
Old 07-17-2007 | 04:22 AM
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Tom, come down my way (I know its a bit of a drive from your place) and fly with me if ya to put something in the air..
Old 07-17-2007 | 08:38 AM
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I can fly at North Dallas which is a 40 minute drive. That field is also a lake but the critical areas (runway, pits, parking, access roads) are all above water. I don't know if they planned it that way, but if they did the guy who worked it out was a genius. Very nice field.

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Old 07-17-2007 | 08:50 AM
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Tom,
I will be flying my WH 33% 260 and Scott will be flying his WH Sukhoi today at texoma field, you should come by.

Dan Powell
Old 07-17-2007 | 09:49 AM
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So, Tom will now be producing a line of Bunny Boats????
Old 07-17-2007 | 07:02 PM
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Where is the Wild Hare seaplane?
Old 07-17-2007 | 09:23 PM
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Too good to pass up?
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Old 07-17-2007 | 09:38 PM
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Oh that is so wrong LoL
Old 07-18-2007 | 08:46 AM
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You think that was bad? The water is still rising, here's a new more recent photo. I've outlined it to show where the locations of runway, parking lot and access road.

Since the earlier photo the water his risen about 5-6 feet it looks like, now the tables, bleacher seats, and runway fencing are all under water.

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Old 07-18-2007 | 09:07 AM
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Tom,
I will be flying my WH 33% 260 and Scott will be flying his WH Sukhoi today(wednesday) at texoma field, you should come by. we should both be there by 5:45

Dan Powell
Old 07-18-2007 | 10:34 AM
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Tom..I will be out there about 3:00 PM to practice and mow the field. Come on out...7-18-07
Old 07-18-2007 | 10:41 AM
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And Yes Tom It is now smooth. We ran over it lightly with a disk and a huge peace of angle iron. Lucky for us(unlucky for you) we had a lot of rain and the grass grew. The field is in excellent shape!
Old 07-18-2007 | 05:06 PM
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Ugh...time for the Ark...


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