Comments on: The Giant Tree Rescue http://petej.com/blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/ Fresh stories and photos of radio-control flying in Northern California. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dan http://petej.com/blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-203 Dan Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:38:49 +0000 /blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-203 Gary, The reason that the Mini Mag came down so slowly because it was still entangled by the fishing line that I still held in my hand. I saw that when it came down and pretended that I was a good catcher! Dan Gary,

The reason that the Mini Mag came down so slowly because it was still entangled by the fishing line that I still held in my hand. I saw that when it came down and pretended that I was a good catcher!

Dan

]]> By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-199 Gary Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:21:07 +0000 /blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-199 The visual of the final seconds of the Mini Mag exiting the magnetic tree were something to behold - the thing came down almost in slow motion, Daniel steps in a makes a great one handed grab - all Peter R. and I could do was marvel at the sequence. Superb! And the spell checker you have installed here Pete is not bad either! Gary The visual of the final seconds of the Mini Mag exiting the magnetic tree were something to behold - the thing came down almost in slow motion, Daniel steps in a makes a great one handed grab - all Peter R. and I could do was marvel at the sequence.

Superb!

And the spell checker you have installed here Pete is not bad either!

Gary

]]> By: Dave http://petej.com/blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-196 Dave Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:04:35 +0000 /blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-196 There are a lot of people who hung in there -- John, Bill, Bic, Pete come to mind -- but George's utter commitment won the day. I _do not_ want to be a fish he determines to catch. Dinner on the fin! There are a lot of people who hung in there — John, Bill, Bic, Pete come to mind — but George’s utter commitment won the day. I _do not_ want to be a fish he determines to catch. Dinner on the fin!

]]> By: Gary http://petej.com/blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-195 Gary Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:22:11 +0000 /blog/2007/10/07/tree-rescue/#comment-195 Ha Ha! Success - wonderful story Pete. You forgot to mention in your survival kit a poncho for the really nasty days - which I look forward to - I think wings will be the plane for those times we have the field to ourselves. I can't wait... Cheers! Gary Ha Ha!

Success - wonderful story Pete. You forgot to mention in your survival kit a poncho for the really nasty days - which I look forward to - I think wings will be the plane for those times we have the field to ourselves. I can’t wait…

Cheers!

Gary

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