Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:24 pm
San Diegan wrote:That B-52 was a fantastic model. Trouble is, it was as large as a small real scale aircraft and could have done some real damage or caused injury.
Tom
Tom, in the early 80s, both a friend and I were out of work at the same time, during the summer. We spent it drinking mini kegs of Dinkelacker--and getting into building RC planes.
Our first was a cheap prebuilt Cox, just to learn about it, and we took it to a small park and nearly KILLED a guy who was practicing his putting. It was coming down headed straight for his head, and my friend miraculously managed to pull it up MAYBE 3 feet before slicing it open.
So I know what you're talking about. We were both shaking for days.
The next time we chose a larger park (we were still stupid about it), and THIS time, it flew out of radio control and the last we saw of it, it was heading over the Narrows, right alongside the Verrazano Bridge.
We were afraid to turn on the news that night.