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

[wylieruneyjr]

If ya like guns, and science , you gotta be okay. Intersting life choices, Power to the people.

[jongurley]

My name is Jonathan Gurley, I live in Goldsboro, NC. I am 28 years old and I am a Operations Consultant for Piedmont Natural Gas. www.piedmontng.com we supply North Carolina, South Carolina, and some of Tennessee with there natural gas needs. I graduated from East Carolina University with a 4 year degree in Business Adminstration and a minor in Economics. I love all facets of the hobby,, I have been flying planes for 9 years ,,, I am into giant scale stuff,, I am a VERY competitive person so hince why I started flying IMAC back in 2007 I am currently in the Intermediate class.. Last year I started flying helicopters on the side in the afternoons,, althougth 3d flying and IMAC is my primary things I love to do some hard 3d with my helis,, I have picked the helis up pretty quick, wish I had more time to fly them.

[ShortBus]

Hi, I'm Jon.

[shotgun]

I have enjoyed reading about my fellow FG members, so I guess I'll climb on in.

My name is Mark Owen. I live in Grayson, Georgia, which is a suburb of Atlanta. I am soon to be 49 years old, and started flying RC in 1985. I have been married to my bride for almost 24 years, and have two sons ( one 15 and one 18 years old).
I own and operate a small marble and granite fabrication shop, which has been in our family since my grandfather founded it in 1934. I guess I was too stupid to try anything else.
As a kid, I always wanted to fly RC planes, but never had the money. So, at the ripe old age of 25, a friend introduced me to it, and I was hooked. I got away from it around 1994, but when my oldest son wanted to fly, what could I say. He got me back into it, and now we have a great time traveling the Southeast to fly-ins. His name is Justin, so we took our intials, and created MOJO Aviation. We have a website- www.mojoaviation.com -so friends could see what we are up to. Some of you may recognize us from events. Justin has become a MUCH better pilot than me, so now I mostly pit-crew for him. Also, I am proud to be part of the Florida Freestyle Aerobatics Association.
Outside of RC, I enjoy hunting anything with legs or wings, fishing, motocross riding, farming, and baseball. That keeps me pretty busy.
If anyone happens to check our website, be sure to sign the guest book.

[Mike Busutil]

	Quote: Originally Posted by ShortBus
	Hi, I'm Jon.

Thanks for sharing Jon!

[Mike Busutil]

[mbacosa]

Hello! My name is Mike Bacosa I am 33 years old and I live in Mesa, Arizona. I have been flying R.C. for 25 years. I have a wonderful wife and 3 kids. (two boys and a girl). I got into giant scale airplanes about a year ago and this is my first season in IMAC. I work for CNA Insurance in Scottsdale, AZ and I manage a large claims department for them. I am an avid outdoors man and have a rock crawling jeep and quads that my family and I enjoy together. My dad and I enjoy fishing and shooting as well. I currently am flying a QQ 120 inch Yak with a DA 150 on Greves and my back up is a 102 inch QQ YAK Gen IV with a DA 100 on slimlines. I use a Futaba 14MZ for a radio. I am having lots of fun in Sportsman this year but I am amazed at the flying ablities of these young pilots. I guess I can look forward to my son kicking my ass in the near future. Great to meet everyone!

[Mike Busutil]

Thanks for sharing Mike.

[Mike Busutil]

	Quote: Originally Posted by castlebravo
	Now this may confuse you, but i refer my partner as "She" because she is a full time transgendered person.

Hey Chris,
Does this mean "She" had the Surgery to become a she or just lives the life as a she?

Thanks for sharing.

[castlebravo]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Busutil
	Hey Chris, Does this mean "She" had the Surgery to become a she or just lives the life as a she? Thanks for sharing.

Hi Mike,
She has not gone through SRS (reassignment surgery) as of yet but she has ......lets see....how do I keep this "PG-13"....she has had a couple of additions installed upstairs. Right now she is pretty content with living life as is. As with everybody else, there is no "black or white" when it comes to GID (Gender Identity Disphoria). Some people have to go through the entire process including surgery to be at peace with themselves while others can be content "just living the life".
Thanks for asking! If you have anymore questions, just ask away....we're pretty easy going about the whole thing.

CB

[pepatrick]

Hi...My name is Philip Patrick and I am a RC aholic. Ohhhh..wrong post...anyway. I attempted to fly RC planes when I was an early teen. Never could figure it out. I was a better builder and designer than pilot. I ran out of money and interest when I was about 15 and did not touch or think about RC planes again until I was almost 40. A friend of mine and I were talking about things we did as kids for hobbies and I told him I used to dabble in the RC plane world. He told me about the club (Georgia Model Aviators) and said I should check it out some time. I drove past there one calm weekday afternoon and met Wayne Matthews while he was flying his Super Xtra. Now..it is all his fault that I am into this. So..I went out and purchased a Hangar-9 PTS Mustang.....3 months later I was flying 35% planes...and have not looked back since. In 3 1/2 years I have had well over 30 planes (and most of them 35% or larger). This hobby is very addicting...but I love it. I love the planes and all the people that are part of it. What a great hobby!!!!

[Tikka]

Hello there.

My name is Knut-Erik Rognes, I'm 33 years old and I live in Norway.

I started flying model airplanes in 1986 and have been through alot of planes, trainers, warbirds, sports, jets and now mostly giant aerobatics.
I am engaged to a girl named Heidi, and we have a 4 year old daughter together. Heidi is not so happy about me spending so many hours here at the FG and on the norwegian forum, neither does she like that I spend hours at the field or in my hobbyshop when I'm not at work. I work as a Tig welder for a company called IKM, and I mostly work on oilrigs. I also do some testing of hydraulic equipment and I also have a ROV Pilot 2 certificate. I work 2 weeks, and have 2 weeks off. Great deal.

I also shoot long range, and during september october and november, I hunt deer. I shoot about 20-25 deer each season. I use a Tikka M695 SS, in caliber 6.5x65 RWS. I've been hunting since I was 16 years old, and have traveled around the world, shooting stuff My longest cofirmed shot at a target sized 50x50 cm, is 1247 meters. Longest shot on a deer, 460 meters.

Since I have become friends with some of the guys here at the FG, I have decided to go to the Snapasaurus Huckfest which is being held at Gardner Airport in a few weeks. I really look forward to meet all you guys, cause for me the social events around RC, is what I like best. Ofcourse I love flying, but it is also great to meet people, both old friends and new, and I look forward to get to know new people in America, and connect for life.

I'm currently assembling a TOC Ultimate 10-300, it is similar to Blazing Wings Ultimate. It is a 55% plane, and I like the size. I have also started to build a 92% Ultimate, but I have put it on hold for now. I'm about to rebuild a house, and when that is done, my boss (Heidi) has promised me that I can buy a new kit, and I'm going for the big Christen Eagle from Exclusive Modellbau, same as Mikes father is building.

So when I get to the Huckfest, I hope you'll look me up, and we'll have a great time, cause that is what this is all about, isn't it?

[Craven]

I'm NUNYA!!

[cjcyclesrc]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Craven
	I'm NUNYA!!

You left off Buisness.

I'm addicted to looking at those 4 in Craven's avitar.

I hope he doesn't change back to his old avatar or this post is going to look weird.

[Dan_nO]

	Quote: Originally Posted by cjcyclesrc
	You left off Buisness. I'm addicted to looking at those 4 in Craven's avitar. I hope he doesn't change back to his old avatar or this post is going to look weird.

Look weird, how do you know that the avatar he had previously wasnt his real pic ? LOL, sorry Craven, I had to do it man.