- Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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WAA-08 Podcast Update
From Frank Geisler, of Wings Across America 2008:
Since my last update, the WAA-08 plane was flown successfully by 2 pilots. Pilot # 156, Jim H of McAlester, OK and pilot #157 Mike L of Trophy Club, TX. We had an extended down time due to bad weather in OK, so we only had two pilots this week. As of tomorrow, the plane should be residing with pilot # 159, Tom B of Ft Worth, TX. Tom will be taking the SQuiRT to DEAF this year. I've been told that DEAF is one of the oldest electric RC plane events in the USA. It will be cool to see the SQuiRT at this historical event.
As mentioned previously, I wanted to bring you another story of dedication and commitment to our WAA-08 adventure. As you may recall, we could not recruit any pilots between Albuquerque, NM and Colorado Springs, CO. I emailed the two pilots that are affected by this, Bob H and Aaron C to let them know of the situation. Bob, who lives in NM emailed me back and said if I couldn't find a pilot between him and Aaron, he would make a fishing trip out of the transfer drive. Keep in mind that is no small commitment. Bob has just offered to drive the SQuiRT 350 miles which is approximately 5 hours and 55 minute drive one way. Once again, I am humbled by the commitment and dedication of our WAA-08 pilots. I appreciate that effort very much. I salute Bob and his willingness to keep the adventure alive.
