WITH THESE FACTS, WE NOW COULD BEGIN TRACKING DOWN WHO WERE WE IN OUR DIRECT FAMILY WHO DIED 20 YRS BEFORE OUR BIRTH.
- I WAS BORN IN 1968, ADOPTED BY MY PARENTS ONLY SON, BACKTRACKED MY DAD HAD A BIG BROTHER, WAS HIS HERO, WAS A TOPGUN FLYER, FLEW MISSIONS IN END OF THE WAR, ONE DAY THEIR SQUADRON WAS ATTACKED BY AN UNEXPECTED NUMBER OF ENEMY PLANES AND FOUGHT OFF WAVE AFTER WAVE OF ONCOMERS, EVENTUALLY, AFTER EXPERTLY AVOIDING HEAVY FIRE FROM ENEMY GUNS, EVENTUALLY AFTER HAVING RECEIVED MULTPLE GUN FIRE FROM SEVERAL ENEMIES AT ONCE, HE BEGAN LOSING FUNTIONALITY OF HIS PLANE. BUT WHILE MAINTAINING CONTROL, HE MANEUVERED TO FINISH OFF ANOTHER 5 PLANES, BEFORE THE NEXT ENEMY HIT HIM ONE LAST TIME LOSING CONPLETE CONTROL AND THE SPUN ALL THE WAY, DOWN , WITH DETERMINATION HE DOVE INTO A LAST ENEMY PLANE BEFORE CRASHING IN THE OCEAN. HE NEVER RETURNED HOME THAT CREATED A HUGE LOSS OF A TRUE HERO WHO DID IT ALL, FLY WITH PASSION, BE A ROLE MODEL, THIS WAS MY DAD'S FAVORITE BROTHER, HE HAD THE HIGHEST RESPECT FOR HIM, AS A SELFLESS PERSON, CARED FOR HIM. '48
WITH THIS MOVING REVELATION, AND NOW UNCOVERING A GENUINE PASSION FOR FLYING IN MYSELF, SINCE I WAS BORN, PLAYING WITH TOY AIRPLANES WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYTIME. MY FAVORITE FLYING AIRPLANE TOYS, WITH PROPELLER TO WIND UP WTH ELASTIC BANDS, COMPLETE WITH LANDING GEAR THAT COULD TAKE OFF BY ITSELF FROM THE GROUND. THESE DAYS WERE LONELY, BUT ENJOYING THE SUMMERTIME AT ITS FULLEST WITH ME AND MY PLANE, AND AS I GREW UP, MY AMBITION FOR HAVING LARGER AIRPLANES, WITH MORE REALISTIC FLYING, AND REAL FLYING MODEL OF A WARPLANE, A LEGENDARY P-51 MUSTANG, IN THE FORM OF GAS POWERED LINE CONTROLLED MODEL THAT REVOLVES IN A LARGE CIRCLE. THIS TYPE OF FLYING IS QUITE FAST, AND AS THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATES IT BUILDS CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY IT BUILDS TAKEOFF SPEED ITS THEN AIRBORNE. FROM THERE, YOUR HANDLE CAN SEND THE PLANE UP OR DOWN, BE GENTLE AND THIS FLIES INCREDIBLY REALISTICTLY, AND LANDINGS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, BUT CAN BE PRACTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME, KEEPING STRAIGHT LEVEL FLIGHT, WHEN THE ENGINE RUNS OUT OF GAS, 2-3 MINS LATER) YOU CAN GENTLY PULL UP THE NOSE AS THE SPEED DROPS, PLANE READY FOR LANDING. ONCE AGAIN SINCE THE PLANE WEIGHT IS FELT THRU THE CONTROL LINE AND IT MAINTAINS ITS INERTIA MUCH LIKE A CAR IN MOTION, AND AS SUCH , I 'VE EXPERIMENTED SUCCESSFULLY AFTER GAS RUNS OUT, YOU CAN SPIN FASTER TO ACCELERATE PLANE BY YOURSELF. AND THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE INCREASES WITH YOUR SPIN ACCELERATION KEEPING YOU FLYING AS LONG AS YOU WANT WITHOUT THE INCONVENIENCE OF FORCED LANDING NOW THAT THE LOUD ENGINE IS OFF, NOW YOU CAN PRACTICE SMOOTH TOUCH AND GO'S AS SIMPLER PRACTICE TO GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH LANDING APPROACHES YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO UNPREPARED WITH HANDLING AN EMERGENCY DIVE LANDING AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF YOUR PLANE. IN PARTICULAR WHEN THE PLANE IS TOO SLOW AND THE LINES GO LOOSE, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH YOUR WORSE CASE SCENARIO, AND YOUR ONLY WAY TO RECOVER LINE TAUTNESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS TO RUN BACKWARDS REALLY QUICK WHILE YANKING ON THE STRINGS REALLY HARD. THIS HOPEFULLY SHOULD WORK, BUT ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON YOUR PLANE, AND REGAIN LEVEL FLIGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THESE MANOEUVERS WORK AND RECOMMENDED AS NEEDED TO RECOVER FROM UNEXPECTED CHANGE OF DIRECTION, UP TOO HIGH, CAUSING THE PLANE TO RETURN ON A SHARP DIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLIGHT CIRCLE. ONCE COMFORTABLE YOU WILL DETERMINE THE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES IN ITS FLIGHT CIRCLE, AND THESE SHARP MANOEUVERS SHOULD BE PERFORMED AT MAXIMUM HEIGHT, FOR ACROBATICS AND MAXIMUM SPEED FOR BEST RESPONSIVENESS OF EACH SHARP MANOEUVER TO WORK ON. WHEN SPEED AND CENTRIFUGAL FORCE IS MAXIMAL, THEN YOUR PLANE IS READY TO TRY A SHARP CLIMB, WATCH AND FEEL YOUR PLANE CAREFULLY, TO JUDGE ITS RESPONSIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE CLIMB. THE MOMENT, YOU FEEL A LOSS OF WEIGHT ON YOUR STRINGS THEN THIS IS YOUR CUE TO QUICKLY RUN BACK YANK SWIFTLY ON CONTROL STRINGS AND BRING YOUR PLANE LEVEL.
OUR ENTHUSIASM IN ONGOING FLYING IN MORE DEMANDING FIRST TIME EXPERIMENT THRU MY VERY FIRST REMOTE CONTROLLED AIRPLANE BACK THEN AN ALL TIME FAVORITE A CESSNA 182 SKYLANE MADE OF STYROFOAM, ADDED .049 COX GAS POWER ENGINE IDENTICAL AS MY LONG FAITHFUL CONTROL-LINE PLANE.
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