Was down at Irvington Field Thursday afternoon.

Kenny showed up and ate some fine Fried Onion Rings that he got from Chester Chicken place. He got a real good deal, have to ask him.



Next to show was Russell. Russell has soloed now and flying on his own. Completely unassisted, he tookoff, flew around doing loops & rolls, touch & go, and a landing.
Very good Russell.





Last to come out was Robert showing off his largest watermellon from his garden. Said it weighed in at around seventy pounds.



Robert also showed his latest experiments.
Here is a rocket powered delta wing glider plane.



And the Triple Beast coro plane now has three engines.
I think I heard Robert say that it will test fly the weekend after next.





And here is what must be the actual flight crew.

:hysterical: GOOD ONE . Alvin :hysterical:

Thats the best picture of me in years. Maybe I should have a face lift and dye my hair brown????? But one thing bothers me,I know I left my brothers and sister up north but how did a look alike end up in this picture. If I remember correctly none of my brothers look like me. :banghead: :banghead: :hysterical: :hysterical:

Very good Russell,But what about Frits :fuming: :fuming:

did the thing with the rocket on it ever fly??

Is Frits in that picture?? They all look a like to me. :hysterical:

:D Not yet we are going to drop it from a trainer plane & we still need to build the on board rocket iginiter I'm going to finish the :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: first before the rocket plane. 1st flight of the rocket plane should be first week of Sept.

Tony, What about frits?????????????????????????????

When are ya'll going to eat the watermelon? :wub:

Nice picture Alvin :blink:

Way to go Russell !!!!!!!

:dance: SUNDAY - COMBAT :banana:

Yall have got to try those rings.Wait till they have only about 2 packages left and its
late in the afternoon when your real hungry and everything looks good.You will
most likely get a 2 for the price of 1 deal.If you have teeth that are not paid for yet,
then dont try and eat one of their onion rings.Russel did a super job on flying and
roberts watermelon,"WOW"its almost as big as my...........oops.see yall sunday.kenny
Ps,Them their are some wild lookin fellers in that photo.(mad spad)They are from
thomasville i heard.Ps#2,,Robert ,Dee is gonna put your pics on spad world tomorrow.

:thumbup: Thanks - Kenny :thumbup:

Yeah, I know... :angry:
You spend your valuable time with them, boil in the hot sun, teach them the basics, and what do they do? Solo with some clandestine fly-by-night instructor after he gets a hold of them and convinces them they are the best there ever was...

Congratulations, Russel — I hope all your future flying endeavors will go well... <_<

This reminds me again that I need to seriously think about retiring from this instructor position... :angry:

(Don't worry Todd and Bill, I'll make sure you two solo first. Unless, of course, you also want to team up with that Alvin guy...) <_<

Frits...you didn't hear?



Alvin took only one lesson and a few minutes later I went up for my first solo. :D :lol:
Alvin rocks !!!!!
:roflmao:

:o I heard Russell flies so well He sold his Trainer Plane :wub:

I trust your teaching methods Frits. :thumbup: I only wish that I was able to make out to the field on a more frequent basis. I will be there Sunday, maybe a solo flight will be in my near future. I'm sure Alvin is a good teacher as well. :thumbup:

:embarrassed:

:angry: :fuming:

:blink: Hey Frits,I say we make a motion to vote Alvin :wub: in as the "Advanced" Flight Instructor. :banana:

That's great, Tony! I'll tell president Andy to put Alvin in as "Advanced" instructor and have him take my name off the already-very-short instructor list... :fuming:

And you can be Alvin's ASSistant... <_<

Hey, yawl leave Frits alone.

He has the stamina and patience for the great job that he does with all the new members getting them off on the right foot.

I could never hold up under the pressure and would not last very long.
:wacko: :blink: :no: :boxers: :pirate: :spin:

Oh, enough of the flowery mumbo jumbo... <_<

It doesn't take long to get a student to SOLO...
It takes much longer to teach them how to FLY an airplane... :yes:

I went to the field this afternoon and saw the recently-soloed Mr. Russell Ward. He was piddling with both his airplanes, but I never never saw him fly anything.
Perhaps I'll see Mr. Ward fly solo soon?... :rolleyes:

Best of luck, Mr. Ward... <_<

:thumbup: Here's Alvins training lesson!
1.-Get plane in the air for student.
2.-Let student try to fly.
3.-When student seems to be able to, walk away and let student land on his lonesome.

Seems cruel but it worked for me. :thumbup:
There were no training boxes then! :yickes:

The students appreciate the system with your help, I'm sure, Fritz! :thumbup:
Don't give up now! :no:

Yeah, I say your flight with the NexSTAR Saturday and the precarious landing(s)... :yickes:

Does Alvin offer a refresher course?
I think one could help you... :D

I didn't think it was so bad for about 5 years off the sticks and the radio was not set up to work quite like I thought it was! :blink:
Plus I didn't ask for help setting it up. :P
And the fact is it's still in one piece! :wacko:
Maybe I need to join your program, heh! :fullmoon: