Thanks to the guys that came out to help put the pump in. Many hands make light work. Unfortunately the pump did not work as expected. The pump would pump water but would not kick in to high gear. Bob is going to take a look at it. Mike and I also talked to the land owner. The pond is way down due to the lack of rain. He wants us to make sure we pump water below the blue dye as the dye is expensive. Mike and I went out on Sunday to make sure the point is 2ft below the surface. It should be pumping clear water were it is now. If everyone could keep an eye on things, that would be appreciated. If you see blue water coming out of the sprinklers please let one of the officers know ASAP. If the pond loses more water we might have to add more extensions in order to make the point deeper.

The Holland Sentinel came out to the June Hot Dog Night and talked to members and took some pictures, and today we have made the paper.

One correction, they did misquote me where it says my plane went into the pond, I had said it was another member’s plane.

Check out the article online at The Holland Sentinel’s website.

-mike

Last weeks hot dog night was a huge success! Mike did a great job hosting the event and the dogs went fast. The night started a bit windy but as the sun went down so did the winds. The Holland Sentinel came out to take photos and interview a few  members. We are still waiting for it to make the paper but it should be there at some point. There was a wide variety of airplanes at the field, a neat thing to see was the swarm of Polaris airplanes. They flew off the grass and the pond. Maybe some day I will have to join them. See you at the field!

Rachael and I happened to be in Traverse City over the weekend and read in the paper BARC was putting on their annual spring event. We drove down and had a nice couple of hours watching the show. When we first got their we witnessed a model turbine going in. It appeared to have some mechanical problems during the flight. It was a nice event to attend.

 

Well it finally happened on Sunday. Dave and my wife Rachael got to enjoy watching me maiden the 89″ Slick. It was a bit more exciting than what I wanted it to be. Even though my low rates were to spec it was a bit much for the maiden. It made the bit of trim I had to put into it a little fun to say the least. I went ahead and had a nice gentle 8 minute flight to start the breaking in process of the motor. The landing was not perfect as I had a small bounce and got a little closer to the pond that I would have liked but it came home in one piece with no damage. I cannot wait to put some more time on the sticks!