2nd Annual TCRCM POLAR BEAR Fun Fly

JANUARY 1, 1999

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Chet Braswell (left) watches as John Hanson high
fives Clee Childress after a rare successful flight!

 

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Ron Gibby discusses the finer aspects of his
Goldberg Eagle with  Jr. Kinniman.

 

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Gary Jones prepares his first sacrafice for the day. A little to much control surface throw gives Gary
some exciting flight experience.
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After the flight, Rick Magnuson (left to right)
Terry Hane, Bill Greger, Gary Jones and Ron Gibby
examine that control throw.  After adjustment, it
flew better..... but crashed.

 

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Jr. Kinniman flies his Sig Hog Bipe.

 

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"OK, the instructions say to run the engine counter-
clockwise whe looking from the front."
"Chief" (McMahan) cook and bottle washer in the
cookshack posioning the chili.

 

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Larry Mitchell explains the power of love while Rick Magnusen, Dave and Ryan Phipps listen
carefully.  Larry's wife Cathy heads back where it is warm!

 

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Brett Bowen's.?? with his dad's (Bill) Scat Cat in
the background.

 

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Monty Straton heads for the flight line with his ??
bipe

 

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T11

 

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Dave (left) and Ryan Phipps prep their Tower
Hobbies Trainer.  Both have soloed and are ready
for a hot sport plane!

 

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Ted Meier readies his HobbiStar!

 

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Bill Peterson and Clee Childress discuss Bill's Currare-- then they go fly this fiberglas fortress!

 

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Clee Childress keeps his plane in the air as another
bites it in front of him. There were at least 5 crashes!

 

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The "Lake Team" had took the experimenter class with a storm.  Yes it flew!  They also brought another
airplane with a video camera mounted with full pan and tilt, which transmitted a signal back to the ground
where they fed it into 3-D goggles for out-of-the cockpit remote flying!  Wish we had some pictures!

 

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Mitch and Elizabeth Thompson.  Mitch is currently a
student of Bill Greger.  He is almost solo'd.

 

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Dave lake cranks up his chopper.

 

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Pictures of the Polar Bear Funfly taken by Ted Meier from a Kodak digital
camera strapped to the side of his HobbyStar!

 

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Rob Opgenorth readies his old reliable Kaos
for newcomer Renton Maxfield. 

 

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Never could get this Parasail off the ground!  Ron Gibby and Steve Sterling look on in amazement.

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The group shot-- yea, I can tell who everyone
is!  For  better resolution  than this video takeoff
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Group Shot 1
Group Shot 2

I need help identifying some of the people..  Steve Sterling <sgsterling@webbworks.com