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Old 07-03-2007, 08:12 AM   #109 (permalink)
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Nothin' more useless than fuel on the ground and runway behind ya.
That should read "Nothing more useless than the fuel behind you or the runway on the ground".
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Old 07-03-2007, 08:18 AM   #110 (permalink)
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In his haste to be the first in the air Larry forgets to disconnect his fuel jug yet again....
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Old 07-03-2007, 09:09 AM   #111 (permalink)
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In his haste to be the first in the air Larry forgets to disconnect his fuel jug yet again....
Yeah, but at least he took the jug out of the trailer first!!! No repeat of Captain Crunch!
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Old 07-03-2007, 09:30 AM   #112 (permalink)
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Yeah, but at least he took the jug out of the trailer first!!! No repeat of Captain Crunch!
Confucious says: "he who places wing of airplane under trailer ends up with one less flying surface". At least around me!
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Old 07-03-2007, 11:29 AM   #113 (permalink)
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Aww come on Robert just admit it you were doing him a service when you realized that it was an inferior airfoil and had to intervene.
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:03 PM   #114 (permalink)
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Hmmmmmm,,,,,,I wonder if they'll let me fly this set up at the war bird meets?
I mean,,,,,,,,I WAS fly'n a Jug!

Bring camera's July 4th guys. Club cook out should render some funny pics.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:08 AM   #115 (permalink)
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Happy 4th of July circus.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:19 PM   #116 (permalink)
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Some pics from RDRCs July 4 cook out. I wish I had got some pics of the spread we had at lunch, it was really good but I got real busy eating it.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:28 PM   #117 (permalink)
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Robert Vess has this QQ Yak pluged into a laptop after almost every flight. His onboard diagnostic system records battery draw, temps, rpms, G-meter thats just the ones I know about. And Jay Vess with a really cool Les Claypool T-shirt.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:31 PM   #118 (permalink)
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Larry Lewis and Neil Wall got many flights in today.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:36 PM   #119 (permalink)
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Dustin had some cool Knife edges goin with the Tribute until this happened.
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Old 07-04-2007, 09:41 PM   #120 (permalink)
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Dustin redeemed hisself late in the day with some good Huckin, and Steve-O did solo his new SU-31.
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