Comments on: Men With Hats http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/ Fresh stories and photos of radio-control flying in Northern California. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dt http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-19 dt Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:36:05 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-19 My hat might be the biggest at Baylands but I have a good excuse. Twenty years ago I had a little skin cancer on my forehead. It made me paranoid of the sun.. Recently, two of my freinds almost died of melanoma. That was fuel on the fire. Now I always wear sunblock and a hat and I am usually home by 1pm. My hat might be the biggest at Baylands but I have a good excuse. Twenty years ago I had a little skin cancer on my forehead. It made me paranoid of the sun.. Recently, two of my freinds almost died of melanoma. That was fuel on the fire. Now I always wear sunblock and a hat and I am usually home by 1pm.

]]> By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-18 Gary Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:35:26 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-18 I have never been comfortable in hats. Eventually I hope to be at home in a Sherlock Holmes number or maybe a fireman's helmet - both of which do not fit my mental image of self - standing on the flight line... I have it - a Glengarry with shades - perfect! Cheers! GLM I have never been comfortable in hats. Eventually I hope to be at home in a Sherlock Holmes number or maybe a fireman’s helmet - both of which do not fit my mental image of self - standing on the flight line…

I have it - a Glengarry with shades - perfect!

Cheers!

GLM

]]> By: MikeN http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-17 MikeN Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:34:16 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-17 Hats... I never wore a hat until I started R/C flying. Now a hat is a tool to help me fly. We are lucky at Baylands that we don't face the sun when flying like at some fields. A hat does protect my eyes and balding head. When the sun is in my line of flight I tilt my head so that the bill of the hat blocks the sun. Also, closing one eye when flying "through" the sun will let you return to near normal vision when you open the closed eye after you are beyond the sun. I also used to use my hat as no fly indicator. When my hat blows off, it's too windy. I've broken that rule a few times and I was sorry I did. Mike Hats… I never wore a hat until I started R/C flying. Now a hat is a tool to help me fly. We are lucky at Baylands that we don’t face the sun when flying like at some fields. A hat does protect my eyes and balding head. When the sun is in my line of flight I tilt my head so that the bill of the hat blocks the sun. Also, closing one eye when flying “through” the sun will let you return to near normal vision when you open the closed eye after you are beyond the sun. I also used to use my hat as no fly indicator. When my hat blows off, it’s too windy. I’ve broken that rule a few times and I was sorry I did.
Mike

]]> By: Latin Flyer http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-16 Latin Flyer Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:33:35 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-16 Oops, excuse my spanglish or I should say it is a typo when I say mast it means must :) Oops, excuse my spanglish or I should say it is a typo when I say mast it means must :)

]]> By: Latin Flyer http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-15 Latin Flyer Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:33:09 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-15 I agree with Ted, boys do not need hats because they are showing off the hair style. I will say most of us use one or two different hats. Sun protection is a mast when DLG or you're blind and end up on some else's path. I agree with Ted, boys do not need hats because they are showing off the hair style. I will say most of us use one or two different hats. Sun protection is a mast when DLG or you’re blind and end up on some else’s path.

]]> By: Crazy Ted http://petej.com/blog/2007/01/07/men-with-hats/#comment-14 Crazy Ted Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:32:08 +0000 /blog/?p=14#comment-14 I use my Lawrence of Arabia hat for ALL TYPES OF FLYING. In DLG it is very important because lift always follows the sun. So I spin fast, dump my hat almost half the time, bend down to pick it up, and watch my plane auger into one of the Stryker pilots on the flight line. Its all part of the Darwinian Theory of Distributed Evolution: The more planes you distribute on the flight line, the longer will be your evolution. LOL. Hats separate the Men from the Boys. The Boys have enough hair so that they don't need hats. The Men tolerate hats better than sunburn. It's that simple and that painful. I use my Lawrence of Arabia hat for ALL TYPES OF FLYING. In DLG it is very important because lift always follows the sun. So I spin fast, dump my hat almost half the time, bend down to pick it up, and watch my plane auger into one of the Stryker pilots on the flight line. Its all part of the Darwinian Theory of Distributed Evolution: The more planes you distribute on the flight line, the longer will be your evolution. LOL.

Hats separate the Men from the Boys. The Boys have enough hair so that they don’t need hats. The Men tolerate hats better than sunburn. It’s that simple and that painful.

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