Engineless Aurora P-47 .049/.060

I flew CL with my dad as a child, it is difficult to do so in the cities these days. We used to fly in the park, unfortunately anything with an engine on it is to dangerous now.

I appreciate your help.

ttschida wrote:I flew CL with my dad as a child, it is difficult to do so in the cities these days.  We used to fly in the park, unfortunately anything with an engine on it is too dangerous now. I appreciate your help.

Yes, I understand, @ttschida , since the lawyers took over, one can litigate on anything and for any reason, and we have too many busybodies today, who want to turn every established neighborhood into a "planned community".

Was living rurally for past 30 years, so had more freedom and latitude. Kids could do things when I grew up in the 1960's now is considered parental reckless endangerment.

This is why I was glad to leave the Los Angeles area in the early 1990's, it was woke then, now worse.

Folks on the Stunt Hangar forum may be able to direct you to a safe haven near you where you can fly again.

GallopingGhostler wrote:................

Was living rurally for past 30 years, so had more freedom and latitude. Kids could do things when I grew up in the 1960's now is considered parental reckless endangerment.
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Amen!! I was driving farm equipment at 10; working in the field alone at 12; driving a grain truck to the mill at 13. Today, my parents would probably be charged with child abuse and I would be in the Social Services system.

There is one on E-Bay $750 !!!!


https://www.ebay.com/itm/375024373754?hash=item575131cffa:g:pgsAAOSw4fNj47WI&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4IJBTrNTN41d0PA8Kl81MTs4rkcXsjfl%2BkpOPu6eobFAev7QQNidyL1otlKXFxwnmzmliVClXeFlbVD%2BLRQTFjuYBVqCMPrHELrN60%2BMWkuw8bqudAm5PwODfr5RuneYMb3eQu3%2Fb1sWpkgNuiN6WojFvtzFh%2FZHcdtXFFFxmLrZMgdfEwlB2uNzi2BhR0gb83XyIbzYNeUpITtttobRoMTihjUDY0mWN3UbHnEZLXqH3hwablKuijDRdMlUh33q%2BNJbXF1CUNRxawFioTYj8U3FUrB2PyT7ltre%2B7P81Eud%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5bC8pubYw

andrew wrote:

GallopingGhostler wrote:Was living rurally for past 30 years, so had more freedom and latitude. Kids could do things when I grew up in the 1960's now is considered parental reckless endangerment.

Amen!! I was driving farm equipment at 10; working in the field alone at 12; driving a grain truck to the mill at 13. Today, my parents would probably be charged with child abuse and I would be in the Social Services system.

If I speak any further, then it will be Redneck Zone time.    

Yes, I hear you, Andrew. As a teen, I worked on a poultry farm mostly unsupervised with the boss dropping in now and then. He was teaching us responsibility, and we were expected to produce even unwatched. Those who couldn't didn't work there any more. I learned to work hard and fast at egg collecting, washing chain feed trough sections after the birds we loaded at night into transport boxes onto the farmer's flatbed for taking to the slaughter house. All of this was at $1.25 per hour.

Under 13 y.o., I rode my bike all over the neighborhood, without parents following me. At 11 y.o., I even after showing my ID to the Air Police (Air Force changed the name to Security Police because the airmen were calling them the APES! ), rode my bike unsupervised from the west gate at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS to the R/C model airplane apron near the hangars (then they didn't have near as many security fences as now), watched planes fly from my bike, rode my bike to the base hobby shop to look at model airplane stuff.

latole wrote:There is one on E-Bay $750 !!!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/375024373754

That is a nice one, but albeit a bit too much coin for my tastes.

Just think:

Why I used a spoiler? I was deviating off-topic, and thought some may be offended by me drifting into why I'm a non-collector of expensive RTF's and other expensive modelling items. But, if I had the trailer filled with modelling items, then it would have been a different story.