Photos taken at field on 2-29-04

This is Joe Lupton with his new Ultra Stick 60. This was a Christmas present from his wife.
 He had to promise not to fly it until she could be there for the first flight. I don't think she
 has much faith in his flying skills. It flew beautifully!

Richard Witt helps Joe with his first flight preparations. Richard has been here with us 
since last summer when he arrived on an assignment with the Army. He is a super fellow 
and a very good pattern pilot. He helped us get started with the Senior Pattern Association
event and was always willing to help someone who needed it. Well, today was Richard's 
last day with us. He is retiring from the Army on 1 March and leaving to go back home 
to Alabama. He made a lot of friends while he was here. We will miss you, Richard. 
Thanks for sharing with us your love for RC!

While some of us was setting around watching the action, we noticed this little blue
 Ultimate Bipe (left) doing some amazing flying. The pilot was doing rolling circles at
an altitude of about fifteen feet without going more than one hundred feet away from himself. 
This was done very quietly and very slowly! The model was electric powered and had 
amazing maneuverability. When he finally landed after about a fifteen minute flight, we went over
to see the model. It was made from 1/4 inch sheet foam in one evening and the cost of materials
not counting the motor and radio was around a buck. WOW! The pilot is Brian Foveaux and he
 was being helped by his dad who was down from Washington. The model plans can
 be downloaded from the web and printed out. The web site is www.foamyfactory.com .

Brian and his dad are checking out the controls on another model they built. This one
 is somewhat larger and is fully 3-D capable with very large ailerons and tail surfaces.
Watching him fly this in a very small area was something else.

Here he is hovering the larger model. GOTTA HAVE ONE!

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