NEFI 2017!!!

[TiredIronGRB]

I plan to go next year, I had to go to a dang wedding or I would have come up with Steve.

[RCjetdude]

Left Muncie Tues morn and put the 650 return miles behind me and I got home safe and tired that evening. :Whew:
Keep putting those 1000+ pics on here Dan so we all can see the eye candy of NEFI. :Cool:
(Any pics of the P-40B going unlimited verticle ??)
Even though I was very active there, I felt like a one eyed cat watching two mouse holes. LOL

Thanx pilot Ryan for being my wing man ;)with the Tiger :), A-10 :Cool:and Razor :P(the tongue is out cause there IS a story......AWSOME)
Thanx Cap'n Mike for doing the video on my Tiger.
RCjetdude (Steve) and BootsWhirlygig(Bob) are great folk and I am glad to call both of ya my new found long distance RC buds.
Lon.......you had Gman and I worried when you didn't show but have seen your recent posts which lets me know that your still kickin
Next big event for me is the "Festival of Giants" in August and the "NEAT FAIR" in Sept.
Now back to the Squawk

Good to hear you made it home safely Charlie. You were the last person I waved bye to as I left. Now we just need Dan to get home safely and all will be good.

[RCjetdude]

Nefi is the most fun I've had with my clothes on. The AMA compound is an r/c flyers heaven on earth! Having not flown in 30 years, I was doing touch and goes on Sunday! This would not have been possible if not for the positive vibe and the sharing of knowledge from folks like Dan and Diana Grossman, Warbird Charlie, rcjetdude Steve, pilot Ryan and captain Mike, to name just a few.

Boots, any news on your Opterra?

[Boots Whirlygig]

Boots, any news on your Opterra?

LOLYeah, MRC sent notification it's been shipped, along with a light kit! If I do hear from AMA Muncie on the one that got away, I might donate it to them!!:)

[OV10]

:(No group pic this year
Cap'n Kevin Frasier was here again doing vids. He is not a Squawker unfortunately.
Here's one of his vids that was posted on the 1600 Spitfire thread (now gone??) which show cased Pilot Ryan's maiden.(starts approx. 13:30 mark)

https://youtu.be/nKpL74slWI0

Also contains my A-10 and P-47 maidens and another incident free flight of Gmans LaPatrona

[Joedapilot]

Just want to say that on behalf of Myself my brother Brad and my Dad bill, we want to send a firm thanks for making this years NEFI an excellent time. We enjoyed the fellowship and good flying. Was glad to meet each of you and fly with you and look forward to next year!
Fair Winds and Following Skys.
The Rehm boys.

[Grossman56]

The only thing that wasn't cool at Nefi this year was the weather!
Made it safe to Windy Wyoming and are here in Cheyenne. dang wind started peeling the lower fenders off my trailer at the tip out. Duct tape and a screw driver should get me going again. Home tomorrow thank God.
I believe we were the first to leave and the last to get home, making Nefi 2017 officially over!!
A good time had by all, but if things keep going like this, I'm nick naming it the great hangar clean out!
P-40 and the Bearcat, complete rebuilds, some surgery on the Avanti as well should put me back at full force.
The Bearcat would have been the only one there and for the record she flew great on Thursday when we first got there, then the monsoon hit and she got wet, as near as I can tell, the gyro got wet and went crazy. Oh well, live and learn. Now the Avanti was having some trouble with the nose heel anyway and I tried a simple repair on her which got a few flights in, but I really need to split the fuse and repair the plastic base that the gear connects to.
But man what a great plane to fly!!
Got a few of the three Tigercats in the air although I'm not used to formation flights and kept my distance. Ryan and CB decided to formate with the P-47's. Ryans was sliced in three and totaled, CB's broke a blade off that big Skyraider prop and the motor mount came loose. He bellied her in and not a scratch on the belly, same with his P-40, lost power, bellied in, removed the drop tank. Took her back to the runway, dropped the gear, tested the motor and took off again!!
Ryan with the new Arctic camo F-16 70 mm. About the size of the Avanti and runs 4s, see Ryan's video flying Boots Whirlygig's plane. the beauty of this plane iss that you can upgrade to 6s,

Anyway, now that I've teased you some more, I'll call it quits ' til we get home, then I can get down to business on the pics.
Maybe I can sell some to Motion R/C

Grossman56

[Grossman56]

Pics!!

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[Fast Eddie]

Nice pictures GM. Do you know what caused the loss of the P-38?

[Grossman56]

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[Pauly]

Grossman, those are some cool pics. It looks like you guys and gals had a blast, but hey anytime you get a chance to fly is blast and certainly a treat to fly with fellowship from some fine folks. Hopefully one day I can make it out and meet some of you guys. I look forward to some more of the pics.

[Grossman56]

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[Grossman56]

Nice pictures GM. Do you know what caused the loss of the P-38?

He thought it was signal loss if I recall, third flight on it, a shame.

Grossman56

[Grossman56]

Whew, I'll post some more later, now that is maybe a select 1/4 of the pics and I take no credit for them, my wife did an excellent job, the only blurry ones are of the Spitty near the end of the collection, not posted, and those were mine.

Grossman56

[doctormike]

WOW! Thanks, Gman. Doc