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Events => TEMAC Events => Topic started by: Frank v B on April 25, 2018, 04:41:45 PM

Title: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Frank v B on April 25, 2018, 04:41:45 PM
The scedule shows the field clean-up party is this coming Saturday April 28 at 9:30 am.  The final go/no-go decision rests with our Field Guru Mr. Graham.
If the decision is that everything is a "go"... based on the latest weather report, I will be at the Woodbine Tim's by 8:45 for a caffeine top-up.  This way Graham can meet us and get to the field early for the guys who arrive from the east (you know, the 3 wise men including Cadez and Greg H. ;D)

Frank
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: octagon on April 25, 2018, 05:53:46 PM
See you at Timmy's Frank. I will stay as long as I can, but I have to be in Owen Sound by 2 for a ********* shower
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 25, 2018, 08:16:49 PM
Quote from: octagon on April 25, 2018, 05:53:46 PM
See you at Timmy's Frank. I will stay as long as I can, but I have to be in Owen Sound by 2 for a ********* shower


Hey @octagon ,
I could fly you there from Oshawa in 67 minutes, so you'd have lots of time at TEMAC before you go!  We could even fly over the field and wave en route.  You pay for the plane ($220/hr, all in, i.e. $242 each way), and you get me for nothing (which is about what @Frank v B would say I'm worth!).  Or, I could pick you up at Buttonville Airport and get you to Owen Sound in 56 minutes - that would save you $40 each way!  You could get us priority clearance from CYKZ Twr on 124.8.  I could hang out at Owen Sound airport and enjoy a sumptuous meal at Tilly's CafĂ© and Bakery, or I could be your personal celeb photographer for the ********* shower.  Maybe if I do some family portraits your family could pay for your whole flight!!! At the very least, the ********* shower would be less painful!!!  :D

Andy

P.S.  My wife Mita wants to know if it's a baby shower or a wedding shower, and what you plan to give for a gift! 
Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Frank v B on April 25, 2018, 08:40:19 PM
Rob,

Careful!!  All you need is a **********pilot attending the **********shower with you. :D

Frank
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: piker on April 25, 2018, 09:41:02 PM
That's a long way to go for a *c*o*l*d* shower.  You must be feeling the Spring weather a little too much!
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: octagon on April 26, 2018, 08:38:27 AM
Andy, thank you for your generous offer. I considered it for a nanosecond, but have decided I would like my wife to come with me, and she will not get into anything smaller than a 767. It is a wedding shower, and 3 weeks from now we fly to the DR for the wedding (in a 767). Rob, you are right, it is a long way to go, but, awe, the beauty of downtown Owen Sound is not easily dismissed! Frank, I would be happy to have Andy there. That way there would be at least 200 pictures of the event.
See you guys Saturday morning.
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 26, 2018, 06:13:00 PM
Quote from: octagon on April 26, 2018, 08:38:27 AM
Andy, thank you for your generous offer. I considered it for a nanosecond, but have decided I would like my wife to come with me, and she will not get into anything smaller than a 767. It is a wedding shower, and 3 weeks from now we fly to the DR for the wedding (in a 767). Rob, you are right, it is a long way to go, but, awe, the beauty of downtown Owen Sound is not easily dismissed! Frank, I would be happy to have Andy there. That way there would be at least 200 pictures of the event.
See you guys Saturday morning.

Hi @octagon,

If I could just speak with your wife for 5 minutes I'm sure I could get her to buy into the Cessna idea.  Once I tell her a few @Frank v B  anecdotes, she'd be totally mellow and quite comfortable in the Cessna.  Just imagine what you and I could do for her mental well-being with a one-hour flight filled with Frank stories!!  :D

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: octagon on April 26, 2018, 07:03:26 PM
Yes Andy, those soothing words and about 4 Ativan pills should do it. Or maybe just 4 ounces of Irish Whisky.
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: gmcnic on April 27, 2018, 04:49:29 PM
Field Cleanup- I have been watching the weather forecasts for the past week, going from worst to good to fair for tomorrow morning.  With light rain possible, I would like to go ahead with the cleanup for Saturday, 28/Apr at 9:30AM. 

Let's bring some garden rakes to work on pot holes in the lane way, a couple of spreaders for the grass seed, and some muscle to work the roller around the runway and pit area.  There will be some lighter work needing to get done so if muscles are already sore, don't worry.  Come on out anyway.

Although Frank is meeting for a caffeine fix at Tim's around 8:30AM, I will probably go directly to the field.
I was at the field this afternoon and except for the mushy ground surface, everything looks pretty good.
Caffeine & sweats will follow.

See you in the morning.
Graham
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 27, 2018, 06:28:15 PM
Quote from: gmcnic on April 27, 2018, 04:49:29 PM
Field Cleanup- I have been watching the weather forecasts for the past week, going from worst to good to fair for tomorrow morning.  With light rain possible, I would like to go ahead with the cleanup for Saturday, 28/Apr at 9:30AM. 

Let's bring some garden rakes to work on pot holes in the lane way, a couple of spreaders for the grass seed, and some muscle to work the roller around the runway and pit area.  There will be some lighter work needing to get done so if muscles are already sore, don't worry.  Come on out anyway.

Although Frank is meeting for a caffeine fix at Tim's around 8:30AM, I will probably go directly to the field.
I was at the field this afternoon and except for the mushy ground surface, everything looks pretty good.
Caffeine & sweats will follow.

See you in the morning.
Graham

I don't mind a good workout, but casffeine and sweets would be nicer!!   8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Gerald Danen on April 27, 2018, 07:57:30 PM
Hot dogs for breakfast?
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Gerald Danen on April 27, 2018, 08:33:34 PM
I seem to have misplaced me garden tools...perhaps someone could bring an extra steel rake so I can make myself useful.
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: gmcnic on April 27, 2018, 09:14:06 PM
"but casffeine and sweets..."

Since neither Andy nor I can type properly, how about "coffee and donuts"
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 28, 2018, 04:26:20 AM
Quote from: gmcnic on April 27, 2018, 09:14:06 PM
"but casffeine and sweets..."

Since neither Andy nor I can type properly, how about "coffee and donuts"

Now that's worth singing in the rain!!  I'll be there!   8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: sihinch on April 28, 2018, 05:07:03 PM
Thank you to everyone who made it out this morning to help with the Spring field maintenance. It was wonderful that so many of you supported the event. The Board really do appreciate all the help and it ensures our field gets better year after year.

I remember back in 2012 or 2013, we'd had 2 or 3 weeks of nice weather after winter but the driveway, parking and field were completely waterlogged. We had to wait what seemed an age before we could fly - it was torture! With the work we do every year to help drainage, gravel and grass, our flying season gets longer.

Thanks again! And it was lovely to see many faces for the first time since last season.

Shame about the Warwing race!  At least I won (according to Andy!)
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 28, 2018, 05:44:14 PM
Quote from: sihinch on April 28, 2018, 05:07:03 PM
Thank you to everyone who made it out this morning to help with the Spring field maintenance. It was wonderful that so many of you supported the event. The Board really do appreciate all the help and it ensures our field gets better year after year.

I remember back in 2012 or 2013, we'd had 2 or 3 weeks of nice weather after winter but the driveway, parking and field were completely waterlogged. We had to wait what seemed an age before we could fly - it was torture! With the work we do every year to help drainage, gravel and grass, our flying season gets longer.

Thanks again! And it was lovely to see many faces for the first time since last season.

Shame about the Warwing race!  At least I won (according to Andy!)

Excuse me?!!!   8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: sihinch on April 28, 2018, 05:53:58 PM
Andy Chong!
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: bweaver on April 28, 2018, 06:34:37 PM
Shame about the Warwing race!  At least I won (according to Andy!)

@sihinch and what does @Andy Hoffer know? 

Further Simon, there is nothing to be ashamed about with our very first competitive warwing race of the season. 

I will give it to you that when our planes finally came to rest (after you ran into me in the turn), yours was closer to the pylon turning point than mine was.  But then again, you did run into me. You only damaged a prop and my warwing only suffered a flesh-wound.  We will have to have DO-OVER.

Who should be shamed, are those who feared to bring their warwings out of their vehicles and enter the first racing challenge of the season.  But if 'karma' really exists, one of those to whom I am referring to, had to walk out into the muddy field to recover their warwing later on. I would however like to say thank you to the nameless, ( @electroflyer ) for retrieving most of my remaining warwing pieces and returning them to me, to aid in my aircraft's future reconstruction. 

I would also sincerely like to thank @ethane  for retrieving my downed warwing from the field and taking the boot mud hit for me.  Many thanks.  (By the way Ethane, you will have no trouble getting your 'wings' this year, after demonstrating such good judgment in your actions.)

Now, as Andy would say "Let the flying season begin for the wimps."
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 28, 2018, 09:24:20 PM
Quote from: bweaver on April 28, 2018, 06:34:37 PM
Shame about the Warwing race!  At least I won (according to Andy!)

@sihinch and what does @Andy Hoffer know? 

Further Simon, there is nothing to be ashamed about with our very first competitive warwing race of the season. 

I will give it to you that when our planes finally came to rest (after you ran into me in the turn), yours was closer to the pylon turning point than mine was.  But then again, you did run into me. You only damaged a prop and my warwing only suffered a flesh-wound.  We will have to have DO-OVER.

Who should be shamed, are those who feared to bring their warwings out of their vehicles and enter the first racing challenge of the season.  But if 'karma' really exists, one of those to whom I am referring to, had to walk out into the muddy field to recover their warwing later on. I would however like to say thank you to the nameless, ( @electroflyer ) for retrieving most of my remaining warwing pieces and returning them to me, to aid in my aircraft's future reconstruction. 

I would also sincerely like to thank @ethane  for retrieving my downed warwing from the field and taking the boot mud hit for me.  Many thanks.  (By the way Ethane, you will have no trouble getting your 'wings' this year, after demonstrating such good judgment in your actions.)

Now, as Andy would say "Let the flying season begin for the wimps."

Shame on me for ever saying such a thing!  I will do a penance and spend extra time reviewing today's photos!!  8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Crazyflyer on April 28, 2018, 09:36:43 PM
A few pictures from today!!
As usual, Andy is doing the really heavy lifting of his camera!  ;D
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 29, 2018, 12:15:45 AM
Speaking of heavy lifting! .......

Who ever thought that lifting up one leg could be so difficult?  I mean, really, male dogs do it all the time!!   8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 29, 2018, 12:31:54 AM
Quote from: bweaver on April 28, 2018, 06:34:37 PM
Shame about the Warwing race!  At least I won (according to Andy!)

@sihinch and what does @Andy Hoffer know? 

Further Simon, there is nothing to be ashamed about with our very first competitive warwing race of the season. 

I will give it to you that when our planes finally came to rest (after you ran into me in the turn), yours was closer to the pylon turning point than mine was.  But then again, you did run into me. You only damaged a prop and my warwing only suffered a flesh-wound.  We will have to have DO-OVER.

Who should be shamed, are those who feared to bring their warwings out of their vehicles and enter the first racing challenge of the season.  But if 'karma' really exists, one of those to whom I am referring to, had to walk out into the muddy field to recover their warwing later on. I would however like to say thank you to the nameless, ( @electroflyer ) for retrieving most of my remaining warwing pieces and returning them to me, to aid in my aircraft's future reconstruction. 

I would also sincerely like to thank @ethane  for retrieving my downed warwing from the field and taking the boot mud hit for me.  Many thanks.  (By the way Ethane, you will have no trouble getting your 'wings' this year, after demonstrating such good judgment in your actions.)

Now, as Andy would say "Let the flying season begin for the wimps."

@bweaver ,

You have to let go of it if you want to win!!  :D

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 29, 2018, 01:06:25 AM
@Frank v B  showing the wear and tear of having to spend a whole traumatic morning with me!  Gee that was fun!!!  8)

Andy
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: bweaver on April 29, 2018, 08:20:35 AM
Andy and Greg.  Great pictures.  A few personal thoughts...  :-\

1) I think we should easily win the Guinness Book of World Records under the category of 'Longest conga-line pushing a roller with one leg up'.

2) Simon gets 10 points for style with his Warwing release posture.  Fantastic.  Demonstrating balance, poise, stretch, one foot off the ground, a thoughtful and competitive expression. 

3) Thinking of a competitive expression, look at the guy behind Simon.  (Lacks racing experience but determined to win next time.)

4) Finally regarding the picture of Frank - Do I need to say anymore?
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Andy Hoffer on April 29, 2018, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: bweaver on April 29, 2018, 08:20:35 AM
Andy and Greg Stephan.  Great pictures.  A few personal thoughts...  :-\

1) I think we should easily win the Guinness Book of World Records under the category of 'Longest conga-line pushing a roller with one leg up'.

2) Simon gets 10 points for style with his Warwing release posture.  Fantastic.  Demonstrating balance, poise, stretch, one foot off the ground, a thoughtful and competitive expression. 

3) Thinking of a competitive expression, look at the guy behind Simon.  (Lacks racing experience but determined to win next time.)

4) Finally regarding the picture of Frank - Do I need to say anymore?

Andy   ;)
Title: Re: Field cleanup and Warwing party.
Post by: Frank v B on April 30, 2018, 05:03:46 PM
Bruce,

re your comments:  Notice the person who was the A$$-end of the Conga Line.

You are always bringing up the back end.

A fun day.

Frank