Yes, Christine let me have a peek at it. Pretty cool! I can't recall seeing such a great apparition of Venus. It's very bright and sets very late. It was still visible around ten on Sunday night after I left the movie theater. I saw Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume Three. Great movie.
It was a great day for flying all right. That Comanche 3 flight was amazing, especially considering it all came back. I flew three of my two-stagers although my Avenger isn't performing like it used to. But Curtis got some good photos of my Vanishing Point in action.
I was quite surprised at how well my Blue Max cluster worked. Curtis thought I should use C engines in it, but the B6s we're quite enough. It got up there fast!
The suspense was killing me though. i was third in line for the pad and right about then we had the snafu with the PA system.
My star performer of the day turned out to be the red, yellow and silver Skylance I built last year. I sent it on a C5-5. Straight up it went, almost to the limit of visibility, and it took a while coming down. It was my longest recovery walk of the day.
I'd flown my "3-D" Skylance on a C11-5 earlier and it also gave me a satisfactory flight, but it's heavier than the standard version because it has a payload section and TTW fins. Wouldn't you know, my 18mm version upstaged it.
Great day for sure, even if on the warm side. That sun just about cooked my brain.
And just so it doesn't look like I'm rooting my own horn too much, there were lots of great flights from others present as well. Rob's Maxi Alpha III turned in typical Alpha performance in a bigger way. Bruce's Golden Dragon flew beautifully. Greg O'Neill's Mega Mosquito really got up there on an E engine. I've never seen one fly on an E before. Gotta love those Mega Mosquito's, they don't look it but they're great performers.
Here's hoping for similar conditions for the next launch, maybe just a bit cooler.
Rick