Arizona trip-Flying Spads and Bristols…
Howdy campers, here's some shots of my brother's R/C aircraft in their natural element. The scene is a club flying field in the expanse of the Sonoran Desert just outside Tucson. The Spad 13 is 1/6, a highly modified kit and the Bristol 1/8, IIRC. Both are VERY scale (rthe Spad even has scale wing aerfoils) and fly beautifully. And the Bristol F2B is fully crewed. . My kid and brother did all the work, I sat and filmed and watched.
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George Williams said on April 9, 2014
Seriously impressive, Bill, thanks for letting us see this.
Craig Abrahamson said on April 9, 2014
And you think OUR "hobby" is getting expensive? Ask Bill how much THIS set-up is worth (including the trailer). Nice shots, by the way.
AL HOFFMAN said on April 10, 2014
What are you doing hiding in the shade? A person has to have a lot of fortitude to put something as nice as these at risk.
I agree with Craig of the relative exspence of our hobbies. Used to be ahem I thought I was spending too much I would go to a model railroad show.