Archive for the 'SOARING' Category

CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVES

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

It had been three years since I’d last gone flying. On July 2005, I decided that it had been too long, and it was time to get back into the Sport & Hobby.

During my stint away from planes, I was busy with RC Sailboats. I had heard from them that electric planes & equipment had […]

OKAY BA? (Vista Real 1998)

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

My first visit to Vista Real is a story worthy of RC Fables. I came to the flying field on a sunday with a single glider. At that time, I had brought an Olympus - borrowed from the legendary Fil Avena.
Upon arrival at the flying field, I was quickly introduced by my companion Tom Bautista […]

BORACAY!

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

For a guy who works in the Travel Industry, I hardly do any full-scale flying. Naturally, its hard to forget the circumstances that led to my first plane ride - which was also the first time I landed in Boracay.

Announcements went around like wildfire that a contest would be held at Baradas Airfield. This was […]

MEMORABLE SOARING MOMENTS

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

There are two incidents which I would refer to as my best flights ever with a glider, for no other reason that I enjoyed myself immensely: the more memorable of the two was my longest flight. It was at Timog Park Phase 4, Angeles City. I don’t recall the specific date, but I do remember […]

OLD SOARING DAYS

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

I began my adventures into radio controlled flight in February of 1997. I had lost contact with all of the old hobby shops I once knew. Most had already closed down. Desperate to build planes, I went to Polymer Philippines to take lessons in fiberglass construction methods. It was there, that the instructor had directed […]