<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Smart move on the "No comment" as we all know how BAD that is........Right Buddy?<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"David Sweatt" <dsweatt@hotmail.com></b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Yeah that's kinda of ironic huh? With the light sticks on the wings though, <br>
one each a different color, it was way easier than having the sun blacking <br>
your airplane out from the glare. No Gray, neither Tom or the spider monkey <br>
was there..and as far as drinking being involved, no comment <G>. David<br>
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>From: "Keith Black" <tkeithb@attbi.com><br>
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>Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: Flying Pattern at Night<br>
>Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:11:27 -0500<br>
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>David, As I recall you were having trouble seeing the plane during <br>
>daylight hours at New Waverly :-)<br>
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>I have seen people fly at night, but not with pattern planes!<br>
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>Keith<br>
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> From: Gray E Fowler<br>
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> Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic: Flying Pattern at Night<br>
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> Dave<br>
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> You must have been drinking....Was Tom there? What about the spider <br>
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> Gray Fowler<br>
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> "David Sweatt" <dsweatt@hotmail.com><br>
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> 09/23/2002 10:40 AM<br>
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> It's slightly off topic but I thought I would share this story.<br>
> This weekend I was at a large heli-funfly and it is a big thing to fly<br>
> helicopters with nightblades and nightropes and such.<br>
> Well I had my beater FedEx 2meter bird in the truck, and for some reason <br>
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> got the crazy idea to strap night rope and glow tubes to it.<br>
> It looked really cool all lit up and I have to admit I was really <br>
>nervous<br>
> but I took off and flew around abit to get used to it, and being that <br>
>your<br>
> so used to flying the pattern I proceeded to fly the entire Sportsman<br>
> sequence at about 12:45 AM! It was really cool cause even when I would <br>
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> of loose it, due to muscle memory I guess or knowing where to move the<br>
> sticks cause you practice it all the time it worked out great. The <br>
>landing<br>
> was interesting cause you couldn't see the ground but it came in just <br>
>fine<br>
> and I didn't even break the prop!<br>
> I got pretty good video of it too..anyway thanks for letting me share my<br>
> story..David Sweatt<br>
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