Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[Woodlands1959]

Big price increase

[kallend]

Big price increase

I hope they've improved the decals, then.

[Evan D]

$429, no increase.

I bought mine for $349 when they first came out years ago. Price went to $399 then $475 then $429.

[handyman220]

Same here I bought mine when they were first production run for $349.

[kallend]

$429, no increase.

I bought mine for $349 when they first came out years ago. Price went to $399 then $475 then $429.

I can't remember what I paid for stuff yesterday, let alone 7 years ago.

[Evan D]

Me either so I write it down

[handyman220]

Me either so I write it down

LMAO so true!!!

[ZeeFlyGuy]

Had to belly land my Spitfire and messed up the air intake cowl. I looked for it on Motions website but it seems the only way to get it is to buy the fuselage.

[Evan D]

I threw one away last week when a friend gave me his crash remains. I may have the extra that you get with them new. The give you a larger one and a smaller one. I’ll look.

[Grossman56]

Once again, its September! September 15 will be the 84 anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, warm up your Spitfires!!



Hopefully the weather is good. I'm having eye surgery on the 5th and the 19th, so I'll have at least one good eye for the flights

Grossman56

[kallend]

Once again, its September! September 15 will be the 84 anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, warm up your Spitfires!!



Hopefully the weather is good. I'm having eye surgery on the 5th and the 19th, so I'll have at least one good eye for the flights

Grossman56

My wife just had cataract surgery. Recovery is amazingly quick.

[kallend]

Once again, its September! September 15 will be the 84 anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, warm up your Spitfires!!


Grossman56

How different the world would be if the Battle of Britain had gone the other way.

[Grossman56]

Just over 30 hours since the first cataract surgery, the eye is still a little blurry (like looking through a thin white plastic bag) but better than yesterday! No pain just a bit of swelling which will go away/ I'm actually not wearing glasses for the first time in like 38 years!! Too cool.


Grossman56

[Elbee]

Just over 30 hours since the first cataract surgery, the eye is still a little blurry (like looking through a thin white plastic bag) but better than yesterday! No pain just a bit of swelling which will go away/ I'm actually not wearing glasses for the first time in like 38 years!! Too cool.


Grossman56

Congrats! Courageous step forward. Godspeed. Best, LB

[kallend]

Just over 30 hours since the first cataract surgery, the eye is still a little blurry (like looking through a thin white plastic bag) but better than yesterday! No pain just a bit of swelling which will go away/ I'm actually not wearing glasses for the first time in like 38 years!! Too cool.


Grossman56

Excellent. My wife had one eye done in July and the other one 10 days ago. She says she sees better now at all distances than ever before. She had the multifocal lenses implanted.

[davegee]

Just over 30 hours since the first cataract surgery, the eye is still a little blurry (like looking through a thin white plastic bag) but better than yesterday! No pain just a bit of swelling which will go away/ I'm actually not wearing glasses for the first time in like 38 years!! Too cool.


Grossman56

Super! Your vision should continue to improve in the next few days.

I flew my Spittie today in anticipation of BOB day September 15!

Cheers

Davegee

[davegee]

In honor of the Battle of Britain Day, September 15, 1940 when the RAF defended to the max its country of England against the German Luftwaffe, I took my Flightline Spittie out for a quick flight this morning. Have a ton of housework to do today and tomorrow we're out of town all day, so it was short, but sweet. This model I bought when they first came out in about 2017. I've flown a ton of flights on it in the past 7+ years, almost all original equipment except for the occasional tire replacement.

I modified my plane to the markings of Witold "Lanny" Lanowski, a Polish ace who flew in Poland, France, and then England with the RAF, and eventually with the American 56th Fighter Group in WWII. His son is a friend of mine who still lives in England This is really an homage to Lanny and his brave and fierce combat skills used against the Germans during WWII.

I took a couple of pics this morning.

[Elbee]

davegee

Tally Ho, Dave.

You truly are a top-notch individual who knows if we don't "make" the day special it will soon be disregarded as notable.

Thank you for honoring both the accomplishment and one of the war's many heroes.

Respectfully, LB

ps: great movie about Polish WWII Hurricane aviators: "Mission of Honor" 2018, a must watch IMHO.

Also, listed as "Hurricane" the original title.

[davegee]

davegee

Tally Ho, Dave.

You truly are a top-notch individual who knows if we don't "make" the day special it will soon be disregarded as notable.

Thank you for honoring both the accomplishment and one of the war's many heroes.

Respectfully, LB

ps: great movie about Polish WWII Hurricane aviators: "Mission of Honor" 2018, a must watch IMHO.

Also, listed as "Hurricane" the original title.

Thanks, Elbee. I have to give a lot of credit to Dan Gross, a frequent contributor to Hobby Squawk, and a fellow member of our little RC flying club here in Cody. He's a Canadian by birth and a naturalized US citizen. He has a lot closer ties to the RAF/RCAF histories of WWII.

One of Lanny Lanowski's best friends and fellow fighter pilot from Poland was Boleslaw "Mike" Gladych. Mike's family was murdered by the Nazis at the start of WWII in Poland, and he barely escaped with his life, to fight another day. Mike bore a huge diagonal scar across his face, I think when he rammed a German pilot from behind when Mike had run out of bullets. He chopped the tail off of the German fighter and debris came flying through his windscreen hitting him in the face. This knocked him out but somehow the plane glided to a crash landing with him unconscious!
Mike wouldn't paint a victory symbol on his plane unless he knew he had killed the pilot! These were tough hombres and very good at their trade. They had a big personal score to settle with the Nazis.

I think I got to see the "Mission of Honor" movie you speak of, but if I see it again on tv, I will be sure to watch it again. From what I recall, it was very good.

Here's a picture of Lanny's squadronmate Mike Gladych who also came over to the 56th Fighter Group to fly P-47s until the end of the war.

[kallend]

Flew mine today.

Had the Battle of Britain ended in a defeat for the RAF the world would be a very different place today.