James Flying

It wasn't raining this morning, so we headed for the Goble field.  I texted James to let him know we were flying and he showed up a couple of hours later.  I had forgotten the transmitter for his favorite plane the Yak 55P, so I had to do a quick receiver change.  It has been quite a while since he had flown, but he did great.  It was just a few minutes and he was doing spins with 2 turns right and 2 turns left.

He shot lots of touch and goes, he hasn't lost his touch there either.

For a little change of pace, I got the Slow Stick with the video transmitter on it and let him fly a little FPV (First Person View).  He did good, but said it was harder than it sounds because there is no depth perception.

 These are the planes that got flown today, a little variety makes things interesting.  The orange one in the middle is the Slow Stick with the video camera and 5.8 GHz transmitter  mounted on it.

After we got home, Vera and I decided to pick the plums before the rain that was predicted.  The last time we had a nice crop and it rained, most of them split.  We picked 4 gallons and there were still more on the tree.  We were surprised that being so dry there was still a nice crop of large plums.  We got them all washed, pitted and frozen, Vera did most of the work because I had company right in the middle of the job.