It Flies!

Today, Vera and I went up and flew the B-36 for the first time!

I almost blew it on the first flight by leaving one aileron connection loose, boy did it flutter, shaking the whole plane.  I slowed it way down and nursed it around the pattern and managed a pretty good landing.  After hooking up the aileron the right way, I made a second much longer flight that went great.  Vera took these pictures of that flight.

I ended up making a total of 4 flights today.  I had invited Mik up and he videoed the third flight and once I edit it, I will put it on Vimeo.
Here is the link to the video. http://vimeo.com/30195964
 We made a short stop at home after flying, so I could see how the pictures and video turned out.  Then it was off to James' football game against Huntington.

He did all the kickoff's during the game.  It was a close game all the way, Michelle and Vera said it would have been a nail biter if they had not been wearing gloves.  They won 25 to22 and after the game we met James, Mik, Michelle, Joey and the two other Cascade coaches at the Masthead for dinner and talking over the game.  The day just flew by, it always seems to when you are having fun.