Get to know your Flying Giants family........

[snap a saurus]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Busutil
	Thanks Snap..... the Extra turned out very nice. but the prop looks WAAAAAAAAAY to small. Get a real manly prop on that thing.....

Mike, agree on the prop but before getting the bigger prop I have to get me a bigger motor.

[Edgeman 540]

Great thread Mike,
Hello my name is Chirs Yerdon, I live in Clifton Park N.Y. and I enjoy aviation in general.I took my first full scale lesson at age 16 and entered into RC in 1999.My first plane was a Hangar 9 Piper Cub with a Saito 56 GK.I presently have 2 40% Carden Edges,2 PAU Edges 30% and 36%.
I have a 12 yr. old son that just soloed at the beginning of the summer and hope the interest says with him.We'll see.
For employment I'm a Process Engineer in the pharmaceutical industry.

[Al Lewis]

Well as the nickname says I'm Al Lewis. I'm soon to be 59 years old and am originally from Baltimore city where I spent three years as a police officer back in the 70's during a break in service. I now live in Port Orchard Washington. I fly 30% gassers and am really big on helping new people into this hobby, especially young folks with little or no money. I retired from the United States Air Force in 1996. I now work for the Department of Defense, Naval Sea Systems Command as a toolmaker. I also do testing for Ron Nesler at www.southeastrcengines.com whenever he asks me. Oh yes, and I also started the "Hard Man's Club" on FG for Wesse.

[appydriver]

My name Shane Eddy, I'm 43 years old from Miami, Missouri. My wife is named Christi, we have two children and we will be married for 18 years on the 17th of August. From my sig you can see I am a farmer and also a taxidermist and horse lover. I have been a plane nut for as long as I can remember. My granddad was into models in the 1950's from free flight,control line and the very beginnings of R/C. Some of the old transmitters and gear they flew with was amazing. Just to get some kind of flight was a extreme big deal. He pasted in 1986. He would not believe the stuff we are doing now! I started flying at about 12 with a Cox.049 control line plane I built from a kit. Started R/C with a Fox .29 powered Trainer,and a Heathkit radio a great friend gave me. I started flying giant gassers in about 1997. I have a son named Carson who is turning 5 on the 8th of July. He loves to help with the planes at the field. His favorite thing is helping put the planes together and pump in the gas and smoke oil. He loves seeing the smoke."Turn the smoke on dad" I hear that a lot. He also loves the simulator and is doing quite well. I hope to get him on a trainer in a year or so. I have a little girl Mackenzie who is 3 and is a budding dancer. We went to her third dance competition this past weekend, she likes the planes too though. This is a great site with a bunch of great people to share ideas and stories. Awesome thread Mike.

[mike bodiford]

My name is Michael C. Bodiford. I live Near Charleston South Carolina. I got a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics in 1972 I did a little high school math teaching in the early 70s, but I am now a General Contractor in the state of South Carolina.
I started flying RC in 1970 and then I got my private pilot licence in 1991 and flew full scale a while. I got back to RC in 1997 and have been flying gaint scale since then. I love any thing that flys. I spend a lot of time doing researh on new flying technology. I also like to calculate what it would take to fly in outer space, and believe that we do not have any way to travel to the stars with the current knowledge that we now have. The distance that one would need to travel is just to great. If any of you guys think that aliens our visiting us. Think again. Well that is a discussion for later. If you want to see my aircraft pics and videos go to www.carolinaskydancers.com

[Mike Busutil]

see, I feel closer to everyone already.....

[DannyFlyer]

Mike this was a great idea

Danny

[Mike Busutil]

Thanks Danny! and thanks for sharing.

[MODE 1]

Names Pete Marshall. I'm 36 and work as an oil rig consultant overseas most of the time. Started off as a marine engineer but found the money and job wasn't as lucrative. When I am home I live in Michigan. Been flying for 17 years and design most of my models now instead of buying since I like the challenge and personal goals of creating something from scratch which is what this hobby is all about.
Hate the nick I have which was a mistake and caused by shear frustration after 9 attempts when the server here in Libya kept crashing during the registration phase.
Like to help people in the hobby when I can. Consider myself very sincere if not a little direct at times.

[mikeyj86]

My names Mike "Judge" Justice, originally from Cincinnati, but am currently stationed in Newburgh New York working as a KC-130 airframe mech for the Marine Corps. Started flying models back in '05 for a season then enlisted and had to take a break till this year. I'm engaged to the girl of my dreams! And will be getting married this Christmas. And she promises to buy me all the planes I want, lol. She even said for me to pick one out for my wedding present, she's the best! Hope to be able to get out to some fly ins this year and meet a bunch of you guys.

[50%plane]

My name is Chris Todd. I'm 22 years old, and I've been flying since I was 10 or 11, which is probably why I don't have a girlfriend/wife. I'm in the Air Force, stationed in North Carolina, and currently deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. I normally work on F-15E Strike Eagles, but since I've been here, I've had the opportunities to work on several aircraft such as the A-10 and Chinook. My interest lie in most aspects of RC, but my main goal is having fun. My main interest are classic pattern and giant scale aerobatics. When I'm not working, I'm going to college. I hope to have my associates degree by the end of the year and start working toward my batchelors degree in engineering.

[GKO1]

My name is Gary Owens, I'm 46 years old and live in Crosby Texas about 30 miles north east of Houston. Coming up on 28 years of marriage in September. We have 2 boys 23 and 25 and will be a grandfather in a few weeks, our first. I've been in RC since the early 70's, I got started with cars, and moved to boats then planes and helicopters. I still race boats but love my planes and helicopters. Mostly large scale gas. Just in the last 2 weeks I have taken on my first kit build, a Dalton Extra 300 MEL edition. I am wanting to get better at precision flight and compete in IMAC. I like 3D too but not counting on it too much however, it just seems with each passing year my reflexes keep getting slower. I'm enjoying the building more than I thought I would. I can see myself sticking with this for the long term.