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Kiwibob's planes
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In February 2001, I had my first flight. It was
with a Thunder tiger I bought off a club member.
I fitted an Irvine 53 and persuaded Dave Rudder
to leave his cosy lounge and give me a flight.
It was very windy, and I only managed about
30 seconds at the controls, but I was hooked.
Jon Cooke, seen on the left was also at the
field flying his heli
It was a good trainer. Here I am at the Waveney
club, near Elough airfield
I was just getting to grips with this flying
lark, when, unfortunately, I was " shot down" by
another member leaving his TX on, after clearing
the peg
The kind people at WMFC organised a replacement plane.It was an Acrowot
from Tom Cole, It needed a few repairs;
I put an SC61 engine in it, but it was a bit of a handful for me,
so I set it aside for the time being
The late Tom Taylor, was always ready to help me learn to fly
After my trainer was "shot down" , Tom Taylor gave me this tri-fly
; designed for gliding, electric or IC. I put an OS 25 LA in it
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