I just got radios the week before indianola, but I never turned it on. Dad still has no radios or GPS still flies with his first Firefly 1977 burner. but him unlike me wins races (2 years ago he won every race he entered except brookfield where he...
i have had this conversation with adam too. I look at the map before I take off and I pretty much know where the target and the pz are when I take off and might look again to see how large a pz is. this would not work with PDG. Maybe its just me. ...
I was and its a great race but not anywhere close to a nationals of 15 or 20 years ago. It used to be hard to even get in the top 100 to go to the nationals.
2 or 3 Pilots? pilots flew just as close back then as they do now. gps and laptops dont ...
gps tasks sound boring. just do old school competion landings tell you get it relosved, but it limits you to one task per flight ( Have not seen one since I was a kid) if gps tasks are the wave of the future ill hang my hat up from doing it in a h...
I did not fly sat. PM or Sun. PM. I was told Sat PM personaly that I HAD to fly, but it was my decision to make. As for Prize money I took first Sun AM so I got Money but chose not to fly Sun PM for double what I made in the AM flight. Mark did a ...
Sure... where is the balloon from? Would he be available July 9-12th to attend our festival? Would there be a cost involved? If so, how much? Thanks Layne.
I dont fly balloons never had a opertunity to get involed but a do hold a airplane licences. What balloon do you fly maybe i have seen it a forest park?
I may have to hook you up with a friend of mine in Columbia. He used to crew for a pilot here in Iowa when he was in HS and misses ballooning. He is currently in helicopter flight school for the Army but will be back in Columbia sometime March-ish. Nora was just in town to visit our mutual friend Susan. Unfortunately I was out of town working at the time. Wish I could have hooked up with them. I guess she is in Seattle now.