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Old 01-24-2011, 10:10 PM   #1
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Old 01-24-2011, 11:47 PM   #2
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Re: Winter Flying
Crap... wish I had known. Could have hooked up for some flying.

Is that the parking lot for Springs?
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Old 01-25-2011, 07:46 AM   #3
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No, it's at Southport.
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Old 01-25-2011, 08:27 AM   #4
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Oh, man... you had LOTS of space to fly in then.

Next time you're out this way, drop me a PM and we'll go bang some sticks together.
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Old 01-25-2011, 10:04 AM   #5
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Re: Winter Flying
Pfft.....when I was your age we used to fly in 10 ft of snow and walk both ways up hill to the flying site in -40 degree weather....in a blizzard. Kids these days...............
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Old 01-25-2011, 12:56 PM   #6
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LOL!

HeliFarmer, I hear you guys are getting absolutely POUNDED with snow up there this year ... especially the Edmonton area. How do you find your landing pad?
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HeliFarmer, I hear you guys are getting absolutely POUNDED with snow up there this year ... especially the Edmonton area. How do you find your landing pad?
The wife finds it for me with a big shovel........
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Doh! ....
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Old 01-26-2011, 04:10 PM   #9
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Pfft.....when I was your age we used to fly in 10 ft of snow and walk both ways up hill to the flying site in -40 degree weather....in a blizzard. Kids these days...............
Damn, talk about dedication to the hobby...
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Here during the Manitoba winters ... we fly in tighty whities.... :P

It has something to do with our brain becoming numb from the cold wind....
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