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Old 09-17-2007, 06:14 PM   #122 (permalink)
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Default Re: RJ Gritter's Induction into the "Bill Hemple One-Wing-Landing Club"

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On Sunday 9/16/07 RJ Gritter got an unexpected chance to duplicate a little piece of RC history. Just about everyone in the RC community has seen the video or heard the story of Bill Hempel losing a wing in flight yet managing to guide the plane on knife edge back to the runway and land the plane with only one wing. Watch and see what happens to RJ Gritter when he is suddenly faced with his own one-wing challenge at the RDRC Fly-for-Tots in Raleigh NC.
http://higherplaneproductions.com/me...lClub_H264.mov
I'm going to go ahead and steal Elie's line for a moment and say that this was absolutely

BAD-A$$!
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