Other Hobbies?

What else do you do in your spare time?
I build Furniture,Trailers, (woodwork and weld) Fly Electric R/C, and Photography.

champtree05-02-2005 8:46pm

shventus Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 77 posts 05-04-2005 at 07:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mine include: My pets Flying - PP with SEL, Inst. & sailplane ratings Cycling - Roadbike, Merlin Extralight Woodworking R/C planes - power & sailplane Pistol shooting, Archery (target) Trumpet Ehart, What sailplanes do you have?
shventus Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 77 posts 05-05-2005 at 03:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Champtree, I flew a Discus B (full scale) 500 KM (Minden to Tinnemaha Dam & back; south of Bishop), on a 7 1/2 hour glorious flight, mostly between 15,000 & 18,000 feet.
shventus Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 77 posts 05-06-2005 at 08:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Champtree, Huh? you had said a discus type, so I assumed you knew what a Discus sailplane is, oh well. Yes I know full well what a Staggerwing is. There was one of the best that I had ever seen, based at an airport in NY called Kobelt. As a matter of fact, they had many pristine vintage planes there - Myers, Staggerwing, Stearman, Trimotor, etc. Great little airport close to Rhinebeck.