MOST ACTIVE SLOPE CLUBS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE A FUN FLY EVERY MONTH ON THE 2ND SUNDAYbr>OF THE MONTH.THSS PUT ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAMN
COMBAT CONTEST EVER THERE WAS 72 CONTESTANTS.
30 PILOTS IN THE WARBIRD CLASS AND 42 IN THE FLYING WING
CLASS.PILOTS JUST KEPT ON COMING UP THE HILL TO THIS
EVENT THERE WAS WORLD CLASS PILOTS AND CHAMPIONS
THAT SHOWED UP AND ALSO YOUR AVERAGE PILOT.THIS EVENT
WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
PHOTOS THAT I HAVE TAKEN AT TEMPLE HILL FUN FLYS AND
THE SmAC 99 CONTEST. DURING THE CONTEST I HAD BAD
LUCK WITH MY MAIN CAMERA THE BATTERY WENT DEAD
SO DAN BORER LET ME BORROW HIS DIGITAL CAMERA AND
I USED WHAT FILM I HAD LEFT IN MY APS CAMERA SO WHAT
YOU SEE IS THE BEST I COULD DO THAT DAY NO TELEPHOTO
LENS.I WILL GIVE SOME OF THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO ENJOY
DAS BRUTE BELONGS TO DOUG REEL WHO SAY
LEAD IS HIS GOD!DOUG IS A REALLY GOOD SLOPE
PILOT AND BUILD BALISTIC SLOPE PLANES.
THE TA 152 IS PATTON AIRCRAFTS 60"RACER
MADE OUT OF EPP.STEVE PATTON HOLDING
UP THE PROTOTYPE FOCKE WOLF TA 152
EVERY WHERE THE WING EVENT WAS THE MOST
EXCITING AND KIND OF DANGEROUS THEY WOULD
THROW OUT 20 OR SO WINGS AND IT LOOKED
LIKE WHOLE BUNCH BATS IN THE WIND.
WHEN THE LIFT PICKED UP ONE WING WOULD
GO DOWN AND 4 OTHER WINGS WOULD FOLLOW
AND CRASH IN TO THE PILOTS BASICALLY IT WAS
A RADIO CONTROL MOSH PIT HELL OF ALOT OF FUN.
THIS PHOTO IS MR BOOMERANG HIMSELF FRANK
CAVAZOS .LARRY JOLLY READY TO LAUNCH IN
THE PHOTO BELOW.
