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    You looking for name to turn in.......8^)
    
    I'm still here.

  

  As far as I know I'm still here!  :^)    

hi all,

germany is still alive too. i have contact to bernd and hartmut.

cheers
joe t.

Glad to hear your still with us Joe.

    1 year anniversary since the demise of BTO, still MOstly Read ONly.
    
    Robert

    
    Still doing read only... and still here after two TFSO attempts: barely
    

    Keep it coming folks. I had no idea 1/2 of you were out there.
    
    Regards,
    
    Eric H.

    The New Mexico gang is still proliferating the Gremlins and such. 
    However, the Gremlins are competing with the Pattern birds.  We
    did not have the BRUTAL winter you folks did.  Ours was one of
    the milder winters we have had EXCEPT FOR THE @#$%^&[  WIND!!!
    
    30 MPH AS WE SPEAK

Lurking in Colorado!  I've been quiet lately because my building time
has been cut into by a PC box.  Since Mom DEC has pointed out that I'd
better learn it, and the news from "out there" says that I'd better
learn it, I've been learning it.  Trouble with the machine is that as
soon as you get the gist of one toy, another comes along that demands
attention too.

Not even to mention all the book learning I've had to do just to stay
competitive in the business.  

Poor old shop still has the same projects as last year...and some from
the year before. I even have a wing that I stripped down for repair at
Halloween still sitting on the bench. Well no, it isn't sitting on the
bench, since I've been doing some indoor stuff and that's taken over
the bench surface.  

I was counting the projects last nite and there are 5, count 'em 5
kits or scratch builds waiting patiently for attention.  

I still am an active flyer when the weather on Sunday morning allows
me to, truckin' the old PT40 around the pattern, and I'm still active
in the club.  I'll get back to it again, soon or later.

    
    	Hi
    
    	Still here in the UK
    
    	mainly read only
    
    	Brian

    ALive and Well in Shrewsbury.  My lunchtime flying has been a thing of
    the past.  We used to get 10 Deccies down at CMRCM on a good day - no
    longer!  It's sad to think how things have changed in the last couple
    of years.  
    
    Hang In There!
    
    Charlie
    

I'm here too! 

Still mostly read only since most of my time is at customer sites. 

-TomR-

    Trev's still here, just, I came back after the Easter break with
    uncertainty but it seems you'll still have to put up with this UK
    Glider Guider for a while longer.
    
    I was out flying in the BARCS Postal yesterday but the best I could
    muster was 4.30 in a cold 20 Knot Northerly.  Ummm.. it makes me envious  
    of the moulded machines. 
    
    Up on the slope (Butser Hill) they were running the first Open F3F 
    of the season and of course (just for a change) the conditions were good. 
    29 entrants took part and I'm sure we'll be hearing about several sub 
    40 sec runs. If I get the info I'll post it in the right place
    

Still around and as of Saturday free again to pursue my hobbies. My three year
project was signed off Saturday morning. It back to the shop for me. Gawd, I 
got a pile of projects waiting. 8^)

    Thanx to all of you who have responded so far, especially the mainly 
    "read only" folks. 
    
    Please keep making the entries. I wil compile an FYI list when you are
    all done to see where we all are and how many of us there are left.
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Eric H.

Keep that glider stuff coming... :-)

Dave

    Another read mostly flier.  I really like the high-tech electric and
    glider stuff. 
    
    					Bob

    
    Still here, new to flying... still working on my sons first plane,
    just got it covered and put the engine on...
    
    
    bill

    
    >Still here, new to flying... still working on my sons first plane,
    >just got it covered and put the engine on...
    >bill
    
    There are days when I could still claim that. :-)
    
    Welcome Bill and all the other read-only-ers. It is very nice to know
    that you are all out there. Sometimes us long-in-the-toothers forget
    the true magic of the beginnings of RC flying and get wrapped up in 
    protocol or whatever.
    
    So glad you are all still out there.
    
    Regards,
    
    Eric H. a.k.a. Evil Eric, EVL-1, E x E, the Evil one, etc. or just plain
    ugly!. 
                                                     

        Still here.    Finally gotten around to building the Themal Eagle
        and Shadow 2M.
        
        Anker

    Still around and well from the Big White North. No time for hobbies
    though.

    Fourteen years and they STILL haven't figured out how to get rid of me!
    (Although they almost succeeded in '91).
    
    It's nice to see the silent noters out there; they ought to pipe up
    more often!
    
    Dave
    

    Here! But, not very active in notes due to other priorities.
    

Yep another reader - hoping theres enough of you left to keep this conference flying! :-)

-Trev

    I follow as much as possible. I'm big into electric - boats,  cars,
    planes.  Hang in there!
    
    Rob O

    
    	Another Gremlinite from read only land...Over 75 flights
        and still no broken props.....What am I doing wrong? 8-)
    
    Paul

    Ayhah, I'm up he'a in Maine wait'in fir the snow and ice to git. Still
    fly'in of lake ice!!

    Paul,
    	I have no idea what you're doing wrong. (right)  I go for many
    sessions without breaking a prop then I'll go through 2 or 3 in as many
    flights.  It's all a function of what you're landing on and how your
    prop stops.  Also what kind you use.  Master Airscrew and Graupner
    props are much harder to break than wood or APC.  I use APC props
    because they seem to work best but they break more like wood props. 
    THey are pretty thin and brittle.
    
    Keep Having Good luck and Happy Gremlinizing!
    
    Charlie
    

    Still here reading and writing.
    
    Will

    After a couple of weeks out I am back alive and kicking !
    
    Eric / Alt-E

    
    Still here.......
    
    /George

Notes got clobbered when I restructured my system disk sometime back.

I'm still in Paris. Still writing for RCSD on an irregular basis. (due to other
activities).

In the hangar, the PULSAR is back in flying condition (after installing servos
in the wing). The ANTHEM is still in its box, waiting for my flying skilss to
improve. I just bought an german made electric glider and an X-388S.

I'm using the Piper cub to get my wings back (with the help of a buddy box).

I should back on solo in about 2 months. 

md

    Still here and dodging TFSO bullets each quarter.  Trying hard to
    complete the Ford Tri-motor.
    
    Ollie

    Hey, you haven't got rid of me yet. Haven't done much flying in the
    last year or so. I sure hope I can do more this summer, but I've
    got so many irons in the fire, where's the time? Now in Littleton,
    It's a long way from the lunchtime flyers. Maybe some evenings and
    weekends real soon.
    
    Guess it's time to dust off the flight box, find out which batteries
    are still good, and find a plane to fly. I'm Gremlin-less, having had
    my one and only original war machine center punched last summer (don't
    remember who got me, I'm losing it in my old age - was it you again,
    Charlie?). I got 2 Grem-wings started a year ago, and my Ultra-Sport
    is still 1/3 build, but I still have the trusty old Sportster 20.
    
    See you all some time.
    
    Dave Hughes
    
    p.s. - got my node name back out of a hidden area. My VAXstation
    is RCAV8R, my PC is RCAV8A, and my Macintosh is FLYNRC. I guess I
    better put some action behind those node names!

    Dave<
    	It was my Gremlin that took yours out.  I'm sort of surprised to
    hear you're still at DEC!  Let's get out and FLY this season!
    
    Charlie
    

    STILL HERE, TFSO HAPPENING IN THIS OFFICE AS I TYPE.

re .-1: Does this mean that you are leaving?

    I haven't been told I am affected yet.

    Switzerland is still on mainly in read only mode.
    
    Yours,
    Alfons

    I've been pretty much inactive since my daughter was born 3 years ago. 
    Until this year I was a member of the Flying Tigers in Derry.  Having
    moved to Groton MA in October I'm clubless but I'm getting the itch
    again.  Is the 495th still active and what fields are in the area? 
    Best I can pick out there is a glider field in Groton (where) and a
    field in Acton.
    
    Loren in LKG

The Acton field is not a club field and is just an informal gathering of the
local DECcies. We've been asked/warned to stick to the soccer field and stay off
the alfalfa. We've also heard that power use is greatly discouraged. not too far
down 495 to Westboro for CMRCM...

Yes the 495th is still active.  They have 3 fields.

One in Groton, one in Tewksbury, and one in Westford.

Call or go to Tom's Hobby Korner to find out when the
next meeting is and get directions to the fields.

None are great glider fields but I'm sure they will tolerate
an occasional hi-start.

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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    Relatively new to Digital...going into my third year in exactly 7 hours
    and 30 minutes. Mostly read, I actually only discovered this conference
    in the last month.  I have lotsa projects, most of which are well out
    of my league.  Hope one day to get involved with 1/4 scale..but for now
    I'll jes keep learnin.  I'm presently on my first low wing intermediate
    after low rolling my last high wing into total submission...won't do
    that again.  Up here in Calgary, Alberta, we get a long building season
    followed by a rather short ideal flying season.  Lotsa time to get
    rusty...probably explains why I'm on my third trainer.....
    
    
    So long for now
    
    Rod ( if anyone tells you that its just not possible to fly a high wing
    	 with plenty of diheadral, in a low level inverted pass....well 
    	 you just tell them that I did it....lasted almost 3 full
    	 seconds...). 

    Well it looks as if I will not finish this roll-call. The word is that
    I, and my whole team, get the proverbial "Tap" on Monday 1st Aug 1994.
    
    It was a great run while it lasted. DECRCM, super flying buddies,
    amazing notes wars and many advances to my hobby that would not have 
    occured if I had not joined DEC. The pattern progress, the Gremlins and
    Goblins, the UNIC's and Panic's, None of this would have happened if I
    had not been a Deccie for the last 8 years. 
    
    It is not a time to be sad. The tension is over, AMEN! Now it is time
    to go and find a new job and hope that I don't run out of money or 
    practice fuel too quickly :-) 
    
    Good luck to those of you who are still here.
    
    Best Regards
    
    Your one and only EVL-1. - God I'll miss these files.....
    

Best of luck, Eric. I can honestly say my life would be different without your
influence over the last 5 years. I'D BE ABLE TO BUILD MY OWN PLANES 8^)

If you'd like info on internet access from outside, I can send you info on
world.std.com which I use. At least we'll see you at the field unless you decide
to move from the area.

May you find that ideal job that we've discussed several times!

Jim

    Eric,
    
       Sorry to hear the bad news. But then again, maybe it is not at all
    bad. Hope you are successful in your job search. Your absence from both
    DECRCM and RC notes will be painfully missed. But then there is always
    CMRCM.
    
    George

    Please undestand that I am very relieved. I can't even see it as bad
    news. My dept. went below critical mass 3 months ago and I was locked
    into supportring what was left. With a decision to lay off the whole
    dept. I am now relieved of the committment that I had to my people. That 
    is a great weight off my mind.
    
    I can now plan a new career and and get on with the positive aspects of
    my life.
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Eric.
    
    P.S. Thanx for the good wishes.

    I thought of writing a long pleasant note in which I could extol the
    virtues of all of my RC flying buddies and aquaintances, then I thought
    not.
    
    It's simple. This was the best RC community that I was ever involved
    with. PERIOD!
    
    I have tremendous memories and lasting relationships. Thanks and good
    luck to all of you Deccies that are left.
    
    I'll always be an HTA. Now I must follow the footsteps of many others.
    
    Best regards,
    
    Eric.

    Gone from the file maybe, but not gone. I have a feeling the notes file
    will become very quiet soon without the EVL one to stir things up now
    and again.
    
    You know how we feel. Nuff said. Best of luck and see ya tomorrow.
    
    
    S.

    What Steve said!
    
    See you in New Boston at the Gremlin contest!
    
    cheers,
    jeff
    

                                                    
    
    (  ) = subliminal
    
    
    Eric,
    
      I want to thank you ( actually I felt obligated to write something
    :), for being a major influence ( for corrupting me :), in my
    RC related endeavors (and eveything else in my life :).
    
      I wish you luck ( I wish you luck ) and will miss your day to day
    influence ( now I can fly my Heli's without grief :). I hope to
    continue staying in contact ( not more than once a week :), and hope
    to continue competing in pattern with you ( but not in the same class
    :).
    
      I am sure you will be successful in your next job ( as long as they
    don't follow up on the references :), and will soon be managing
    (corrupting ) another group of people ( unsuspecting )
    
     Thanks again for everything ( well, at least most of it! :), and I
    hope to see you soon ( I need a ride to Glen :),
    
                                
    
                                                      DW2 (DW?) 
    
    

    From one E to another, best of luck.
    
    Alt-E.

    Best of Luck, Good Buddy - at least we can still fly together.  I hope
    you find a job soon so that you don't get so much practice at pattern
    that you kick my A$$. :-)   (I know you will.)  Just don't tell them
    during the interview that you're an HTA!
    
    Charlie
    

    Good luck wherever you land!  At this point notes is dying all to fast,
    I will miss it.
    
    Regards,
    
    Jim

    Hello again,
                    Im making every effort to return to the
    hobby after a few years off. I still have my equipment (less a
    1991 radio) so Im only a few pay checks away. Sure glad to see
    the notes file is still alive.
    
                                                          Jim

    Well, I'm still here too although I haven't read this file in over a
    year!!  So much has changed.  Evil Eric has left.  Charlie and
    others have left.  I'm sure there are others too that I haven't
    (yet) read about...

    I've been so busy I only flew 3 times last year.  One was to get
    ready for the QMFC open house, second was the open house and the
    third was "for fun".  I'm even so busy I had to give up being QMFC
    club secretary.

    It's looking like I won't do much flying this summer either but I'm
    hoping the craziness well let up for the summer of '96...

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