I have over heard much negative talk about the article featuring our club in a major Mobile community news bulletin of some kind. If I understand correctly, it is a free hand out that you can usually be picked up at the check in/out counter of most hotels in the Mobile area (it may be restricted to only those that usually rent rooms in 30 minute increments).

I finally took a look at it and was surprised; I thought it was a wonderful representation of our club. I am certain this article will become classic and "the photo" will win a Pulitzer prize. I wanted to be the first to write an Article about the Article about Tony’s Hawk.

The handsomely illustrated article featured a picture of one of our clubs very own star pilots. The actual pilot in this professionally captured, High resolution photo was apparently, blurred out so his identity could not be 100% verified. Although it is clear to see that it is Tony's helicopter in the photo, it is not unusual for Tony to ask someone else to test fly his helicopter after he has made any significant adjustments to it, such as adding fuel. Many Club members are up in arms and demanding a satisfactory explanation from the editor as to why this strange blurring occurred (or at least one is).

Most club members agree that it is either Alvin Reed or one of his younger brothers, Jeff Foster or Tony Farmer (the owner of the featured chopper) on the sticks. This speculation is widely accepted mostly because of the expert precision with which the machine is being hovered in the photo. The Reed/Foster/Farmer family has a well known reputation for being the most skillful hoverers in the club.

Speculation is high as to why this blur effect was incorporated; here are the TOP 10 REASONS WHY THE PILOT’S IDENTITY WAS CONCEALED

Number 10. The mystery pilot had a disgusting blob of mayonnaise or something similar dripping from his chin.

9. Whoever processed and Printed the Film did not know what he/she was doing (should have went to CVS)

8. Someone turned on another camera using the same frequency channel as the photographer’s camera. “His Camera was hit"

7. The original copy without the Special “blurring” effects in place was shown to a test group made up of 100 women, surveys showed that all 100 of them immediately decided to join a nunnery and take a vow of celibacy.

6. The speed of the hawk's main blade tips were nearing the speed of light and the blurring was a natural phenomenon caused by a small tear in the space time continuum.

5. The 100 mega pixel snapshot is actually in perfect focus, but a very Fast Yellow Raptor .50 flew directly over the pilots head a split second before the camera's shutter snapped. The shock waves caused the skin of the pilot in the photo to start shimmering so fast that it appears out of focus (but notice how he did not get "Spooked" as he holds the chopper steady as a rock throughout the Kayos)

4. The ACMA's VP accepted a bribe from the mysteriously Blurred Pilot to insure that this was the only picture published. Just 2 hours before final printing, a story leaked to the press about the scandal. ACMA spin doctors quickly ordered the blurring effect to conceal his identity and avoid further shame being brought onto the club and it's VP.

3. A near death experience with a model AT-6 Texan's battery discharging rapidly through the flight pack power switch gave him super natural powers allowing him to act as a portal for R/C pilots who need a fix from beyond the grave. Member's of "The Spirit of RC" Club meet weekly outside the pearly gates to borrow his body and feel the rush of R/C from beyond the grave. The camera somehow caught one of these spirits floating around him and created the illusion that the pilot was blurry.

2. The Sticks on his transmitter are so stiff and difficult to move that he has to throw his entire body weight into every shift and thus was moving side to side rapidly when the shutter snapped and did not allow the camera’s auto focus feature to work properly.

AND THE # 1 REASON TONY GOT THE SHAFT IS;

1. After looking through 100’s upon hundreds of pictures and being unable to decide which ones would best illustrate such an important article, the editor’s eyes were suddenly drawn to the unbelievable beauty of Tony’s custom painted .30 size Hawk Pro Helicopter. He knew immediately that there had to be a divine intervention in the creation of the most perfect Flame job ever to be spray painted onto God's most perfect gift to man, the R/C helicopter. All other photos were forgotten and to further bring out the beauty of this magnificent bird, the ugly dude in the background had to be de-emphasized. The result is overwhelming, an eternal shrine to Tony’s Hawk, never has there been a more deserving helicopter.

very funny, but you left out..

Tony slept with the photographer and hand selected the photo :hysterical:

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