Category Archives: Flying with New Guy Al

CVRC 21b Sat. Jan26, 2019 Apologies to Billy West. I forgot to mention his Pitts plane. It’s medium blue with white combo. The color scheme is like wedge shapes on the wings. Shiny. This plane is BRAND NEW, four years … Continue reading →

Gents, I couldn’t make it last Saturday due to being in Asheville. However, when I returned mid-day Sunday, the conditions were decent so I gathered some batteries and my kit-built Flitetest “Simple Cub” and drove over to the field. When … Continue reading →

CVRC 21 Sat. Jan26, 2019 Roster: Dick Blackburn, Jim Bates, Billy West, Steve Tisi, Alan Roberts, Johnny Walker, (Lindsey-golden retriever), and me. Cold day, (toboggan weather), windy off and on, clear, and yeah, sunny. By the time I arrive, planes … Continue reading →

CVRC 20 2019 Fri. Jan 18, 2019 Today’s roster: Dick Blackburn, Bill Holder, me, Jim Bates, Lonnie Hagadorn, Don Jerch in order of appearance. So here I was in my heated work shop just toiling away. Get a “boop” on … Continue reading →

CVRC 18 Wed. Jan 14, 2019 Today’s roster, Jim Bates, Billy West, Steve Tisi, Lonnie Hagadorn, and me. The weather gods favored our club. Jim had brought a PT-17 balsa/monokote plane that has been “hangar bound” for a while. When … Continue reading →

CVRC 18 Sat. Jan 12, 2019 Fliers: Billy West, Lonnie Hagadorn, Jim Bates, Johnny Walker, Dick Blackburn. Much as I hate to do this, I have to copy Lonnie Hagadorn and Billy West’s dialogue for today’s flying. I’m a woose. … Continue reading →

CVRC 17 Sat. Jan 5, 2019 TODAY’S ROSTER:   Dick Blackburn, Jim Bates, Billy West, Steve Tisi, And me. Well, the fearless flyers took to the field again to do battle with Mother Nature. She won. Actually, it’s not a real … Continue reading →

CVRC 16 Sat. Jan 1, 2019 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Jan 1 Congrats to the “Lone Ranger” It was a perfect flying day with NO wind at all. Zero. I was alone, so all the time I was there … Continue reading →

CVRC 15 Sat. Dec 29, 2018 Once again, I venture to the field. This time I’m later than usual, get there at noon. Billy West, Steve Tisi, Jim Bates, Alan Roberts, Dick Blackburn, and I, make up today’s compliment. And, … Continue reading →

CVRC 14 Tues. Dec 26, 2018 WELL, you know those days when you get up with a plan, then, everything does a 180. Today was that way. I had found a couple of plane kits on craigslist. When I talked … Continue reading →