October 2, 2004 - Flying at Lovettesville, VA |
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Bruce's daughter Emily had a "glider flight day" out at Jan's. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't very good all day and no soaring took place. Bruce and I took the opportunity to fly the Baby Ace though. Neither of us ever got above 700 feet! It's a great little plane for low and slow. |
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The women having a ferocious game of scrabble.
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| The Potomac River, heading West. Harper's Ferry is just around that river bend up ahead. | ||||||
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| The Potomac River, looking east. You can see how poor the weather was. | ||||||
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| Ray and his -- large -- radio controlled plane. These planes are amazing. They have such a favorable power to weight ratio, that a skilled pilot can can literally hover it like a helicopter. | ||||||
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