Next Wednesday the 23rd of July, Paul Ferrell and his Mom and Dad are off to Landres, France for the World Championships. There is no way such a dream for Paul would be coming true without the inputs, help, support, encouragement, advice, teachings, et al of so many over literally years now. We would like to again thank everyone profusely and acknowledge their great generosity and contributions.
Paul is flying "Rhapsody in Blue," a Ted Fancher inspired stunt ship which incorporates a Trivial Pursuit fuse built from an Eric Rule kit, a Bob Hunt crafted Imitation (again, Ted's design) foam wing and stab, powered by the Brett Buck version of the Richard Oliver/Dub Jett Rojett .61 drawing fuel from a Brett Buck double wedge tank, turning a Brian Eather 12.5 x 3.75 "green" prop, and singing the tune of a Randy Smith pipe. Brett also gave us one of his super "double secret" bell cranks which drives the Tom Morris control horns. The plane employs Paul Walker's Impact "take-apart" design and came in at 68 oz with wing area of 640 sq. in.
Jim Aron, Ted Fancher, Brett Buck all helped and advised during the construction of the ship, and Dave Fitzgerald has been invaluable in getting the ship trimmed, coaching Paul, and preparing us for the Championships and for last year's team trials. Jim has also organized numerous Northern California contests over the years which have given Paul many opportunities to compete.
Special mention also is well deserved by Phil "20 Point" Granderson who led Paul into piped ships last year, Heman Lee who was Paul's early coach and our teacher as we moved up in the size and sophistication of our planes, and all the Alameda Aeronuts from whom we learned so much and with whom we had so much fun and derived inspiration to keep improving. (Look for the famous Alameda Aeronuts yellow t-shirts in France!) We realize there are many, many others who also deserve to be named.
As everyone can see, even though Paul is now 6'4", he is truly "standing on the shoulders of giants!" The precision aerobatic control line community is a wonderful bunch of people who haved served as first class role models and teachers for Paul. He will benefit greatly from his control line experience for the rest of his life.
With Great Thanks to all. And to everyone now at the Nats, we wish you the best of luck, steady light winds opposite the sun, great engine runs,and lots of fun. Paul and Kevin Ferrell
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Paul is flying "Rhapsody in Blue," a Ted Fancher inspired stunt ship which incorporates a Trivial Pursuit fuse built from an Eric Rule kit, a Bob Hunt crafted Imitation (again, Ted's design) foam wing and stab, powered by the Brett Buck version of the Richard Oliver/Dub Jett Rojett .61 drawing fuel from a Brett Buck double wedge tank, turning a Brian Eather 12.5 x 3.75 "green" prop, and singing the tune of a Randy Smith pipe. Brett also gave us one of his super "double secret" bell cranks which drives the Tom Morris control horns. The plane employs Paul Walker's Impact "take-apart" design and came in at 68 oz with wing area of 640 sq. in.
Jim Aron, Ted Fancher, Brett Buck all helped and advised during the construction of the ship, and Dave Fitzgerald has been invaluable in getting the ship trimmed, coaching Paul, and preparing us for the Championships and for last year's team trials. Jim has also organized numerous Northern California contests over the years which have given Paul many opportunities to compete.
Special mention also is well deserved by Phil "20 Point" Granderson who led Paul into piped ships last year, Heman Lee who was Paul's early coach and our teacher as we moved up in the size and sophistication of our planes, and all the Alameda Aeronuts from whom we learned so much and with whom we had so much fun and derived inspiration to keep improving. (Look for the famous Alameda Aeronuts yellow t-shirts in France!) We realize there are many, many others who also deserve to be named.
As everyone can see, even though Paul is now 6'4", he is truly "standing on the shoulders of giants!" The precision aerobatic control line community is a wonderful bunch of people who haved served as first class role models and teachers for Paul. He will benefit greatly from his control line experience for the rest of his life.
With Great Thanks to all. And to everyone now at the Nats, we wish you the best of luck, steady light winds opposite the sun, great engine runs,and lots of fun. Paul and Kevin Ferrell
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