[Talkrc] Anybody Fly This Weekend?

[Craig Christensen]

I resemble the previous remarks precisely.  I took my P51 Mustang out to the 
field Friday for the first time at lunchtime with Fred Fisher and Fred 
Stong.  I did some engine run in and fine tuning of the mixtures, trim 
tweaking and radio checks while the two Fred's were flying.  By the time I 
was done and feeling reasonably good about the Mustang, the sun went behind 
the clouds and the wind kicked up more ending any real thoughts about flying 
the Mustang for the maiden flight.  I took the Edge out around 4 pm that 
evening but the wind and cold were far too much ending any thoughts of an 
evening flight.

You read Fred Stong's narrative about our adventure to Zillah yesterday, 
Saturday.  The wind was about 15-20 mph from the North and was a straight 
cross-wind to the Zillah runway.  There was no rational thought of flying in 
those conditions, just dashed hopes for both of us.  I loved the field there 
and plan to return sometime under better weather conditions to fly it for 
myself.

I echo the previous sentiments about the weather lately, bah-humbug.  After 
observing earlier this season an event where a too brisk wind pushed a plane 
wing down on landing.  The low wing-tip caught the ground cartwheeling the 
plane and smashing the tail section into little pieces.  This was not my 
plane but a valuable lesson anyway, the risks are a little too great when 
the winds are a little too excessive.

Have a great weekend in-spite of this bah-humbug windy weather.  BAH-HUMBUG 
is right.

Chemikazee