| To Dave's Hobby Shack. This is my MAIN love of life (other than Susan, of course). Well, it's been 8 years (it's positively amazing how time flies when you're really having fun) since the "great aircraft building year" and most all the planes are doing just fine. The latest "building" project is also a whole new chapter in flying for our family - Dale's learning to fly after nearly 10 years of being around the planes. He's even already got his own pages here in the Hobby Shack. The old Goldberg Sr. Falcon, which I originally built in 1974, still flies nearly every weekend - probably the best RC plane I'll ever fly. Go ahead, take a look-see at what she looked like before the restoration and then click on that picture to see her today. Quite a change, I can tell you. Going one even better, there's the Great Lakes 2T-1A pages, which chronicle an even older plane than the Falcon, the famous 2T-1A sport/trainer biplane of the 1930's. The model dates from 1961 and is being totally restored to flying status, so she's definitely going to be one of the older planes around that are still flying. And, if you want a plane out of the annals of history, take a look-see at my latest acquisition of 2010 - an original Hal DeBolt design - the Mark-2 version of his famous Champion. Originally designed in 1954, this is the 1967 version. Then, take a look at the Skylark CL aerobatic ship and Spirit 100 RC sailplane along with the Chronicles of the Spirit. There's a page for the Great Planes kit of the CAP-21 from about 1985, the Great Planes Piper J-3 Cub, and the SIG Akromaster. Finally, there's my "I've wanted it forever" plane, Dynaflite's "Bird of Time" - probably one of the greatest model sailplanes ever designed. It's true, I've wanted it forever - since I originally saw one fly in the mid 1960's. Now I have one. Well, come on in y'all, there's a lot to see here. Note: Each page of the Hobby Shack, just like all the other divisions of Wanderings, has a complete directory so you can go where-ever you'd like. Or, you can follow the "next" buttons to take the tour of the entire shack. Welcome aboard! |
