Fun flying in the Oklahoma heat!

I promised Rusty that I would post a flight report next time I flew since he publicly shamed us here on CEF!

So anyway here goes...  The day started with a bang as the skies opened up over the OKC metro area, of course the weather folks blew it again. Seems they are spot on with Tornadoes, but stink with rain reporting. So my 7AM start ended up being a 9AM start.
I arrived at the field and saw the first casualty of the day, an armadillo thought he would dig up our freshly mowed flying field. Unbeknownst to him our field is protected by an armed homeowner.

I was the first to arrive and after breakfast and coffee I fueled up my Ringmaster and shook out the cobwebs. The '53 Fox .35 ran great even though the humidity was high and the temps were creeping up. I gave the tank a shot of vitamin "N" so that helped tremendously.

After a couple flights the "regular crowed shuffled in" we counted no less than 6
Ringmasters on the field today, I found it ironic that during the flyathon we can only muster up a couple Rings, but on a miserable hot and humid day 6 graced the field, go figure!

There were other planes in the que... An Ares, Saturn, T-bird and a couple of 1/2A baby Ringmasters! I am sure you can guess who brought those

So, we each took turns wringing and slinging. Many good flights put up and I am slowly getting comfortable with doing some of my troubling pattern work. I was afraid to take the Saturn up as I only had .015 lines and that thing really requires .018's with that Ro-Jett .60.

All in all we had a great day, good food and good camaraderie. I wish I hadn't taken such a long break, but my spirits are high now so maybe I'll knock out that Twister bash! We had another unwanted visitor this evening as we packed up. Like a scene from Caddyshack a pocket gopher popped through in the middle of our field. He shared the same fate as the armadillo.

Here are a few pictures of the planes and field, no video, wasn't in the mood as I was watching and flying.