Re: Spruce Goose (8 x .010s!)

PV Pilot Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:38 pm

I first got to watch the Goose sit and rot for a bit out at Evergreen for a few years before they got the money together to build the museum. 3 separate very long parking tents, one for each wing and one for the fuselage. Then I watched them construct the museum that it is now hangar'd it. Now they have a space museum next to the Goose museum.

Mom and Pops went down and seen the Goose at Long Beach,CA when it was in that big dome.

Very nice little RC flying field on the same property behind both museums, and at one point they had a CL circle and quite a few guys flew CL there. But the circle was dozed over to make room for the space museum or parking.

It's an engineering marvel, well worth the trip for the visit,,and bring a RC plane. So long as you have AMA and ask nicely they will let you fly. There is or was a donation box for the RC field.

The Realfight simulator has the old Evergreen Aviation RC field to fly on, when they flew on a old abandoned runway section.

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:43 pm

One question if I have a BMFA membership but not an AMA becuase I am not a US citizen does that mean I cannot fly?

PV Pilot Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:48 pm

nitroairplane wrote:One question if I have a BMFA membership but not an AMA becuase I am not a US citizen does that mean I cannot fly?

You'll have to check into the by-laws. (read the unreadable fine print)

There are folks that fly overseas that come to the US shows and fly all the time. Just have to do some research.

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:50 pm

Ok and BTW I really should join the BMFA lol.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:51 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Ok and BTW I really should join the BMFA lol.

whats the bmfa???

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:53 pm

The British version of the AMA the British model flyers association.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:57 pm

oh ok, i am in the usa soooo... yeah

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:58 pm

Yes do you have an AMA?

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:00 pm

yes i do

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:05 pm

Do you need to?
Afaik on private land an parks here you don't but I should check.

PV Pilot Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:06 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Ok and BTW I really should join the BMFA lol.

If you decide to do the world tour, I have a spare pup tent you can use here in the Pacific Northwest. We''ll go do crimes all across the state,,lol.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:07 pm

cool, ill keep that in mind

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:09 pm

lol I would like to do an RC plane tour one day.
But it would not be for at least 4 years.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:11 pm

nitroairplane wrote:lol I would like to do an RC plane tour one day.
But it would not be for at least 4 years.

that would be awesome dude, what do ya have?

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:12 pm

Not much anymore but enough to have fun.

PV Pilot Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:13 pm

2 big shows that are on the bucket list is the "jets over Deland" and the yearly Futaba/AMA show held at the AMA headquarters. purley spectator of course.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:13 pm

haha cool dude

microflitedude Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:16 pm

nitroairplane wrote:Do you need to?
Afaik on private land an parks here you don't but I should check.

You need an AMA card to fly at AMA sanctioned flying sites/events.

It also is insurance if your model damages something/somebody.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:18 pm

ya, the ama is a very good idea, i dont fly anywhere if i cant find my ama card

microflitedude Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:20 pm

Speaking of which, I lost mine. Shocked

Need to request another one.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:22 pm

dude i lost mine before, they sent me 2 if them, on of them expires in 2013

nitroairplane Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:22 pm

Ah lol yeah it is a good idea but I try not to crash Into people and things lol.

mitchg95 Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:23 pm

ya thats never fun to crash Sad

Ivanhoe Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:32 pm

nitroairplane wrote:The British version of the AMA the British model flyers association.

Which used to be the SMAE, but someone thought "Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers" would be too high-brow for todays fliers, or they wouldn't understand such big words, or something. Everything gets dumbed down these days.

microflitedude Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:34 pm

mitchg95 wrote:dude i lost mine before, they sent me 2 if them, on of them expires in 2013

Yep, it is free until you are 19. Smile

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