Spring Picnic

First thing this morning I had to check for the Daily News article from Friday's interview.  It turned out pretty good, this is the picture they used.

We got to the Toledo flying field for the club's Spring Picnic at about 8:20 this morning, three guys were there and gave me a bad time about being late!  The weather did not look too promising and it was not long before I started adding extra layers of clothes.  As the morning went on, it got nicer and more people showed up.

Just before noon, James and Michelle arrived.  We got James settled in Michelle's chair with a foot rest until after the club meeting and lunch.

Then I got out his favorite plane and checked it out, one aileron was backwards, so I reversed it in the transmitter and took off to test it.  I had reversed the wrong one and it crashed out in the field, Michelle ran out and got it for me.

It wasn't damaged, so I got the reversing straightened out and James flew it a couple of times.  Then I got the F-15 out and he flew it, followed by Turbo Bee.  Then I got a little pattern plane out and after flying it twice, his comment was "Sweet", I think he has a new favorite.  His knee was starting to bother him, so they headed home.

Vera counted 35 people at the picnic, 18 of them flew during the day.  I flew and visited all afternoon and had a great time.  I think it was getting close to seven before we left, once we were home, I hooked up the power to the motor home and took care of a couple of things before settling in for a little TV.