The Giant Tree Rescue
Sunday, October 7th, 2007| See more pictures here. |
The wind rose on Thursday, from calm at 8 a.m. to 20 m.p.h. at noon, with gusts to 25 m.p.h. At around 10 a.m., Bic Tran is flying his two-day-old Mini Mag around the Great Meadow.
The wind has crept up to about 12 m.p.h., not quite hissing through the trees, but quietly shushing out of the north northwest.
Bic’s first plane was a Slow Stick. He built it carefully and learned to fly it well over the course of three months.
But he was bored with it. He sought more of a challenge. He wanted ailerons.


