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Pontiac Psych-out!

Posted on 3 May 2014 by Bredehoft

This is to get into the heads of all my FAC flying buddies that will be going to the 2014 Indoor Fling in Pontiac, MI tomorrow.  Here is my hangar of airplanes for tomorrow’s competition: Peanut Scale:  Pegna P.C.1 and … Continue reading →

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Best Practices – Torque

Posted on 13 April 2014 by Bredehoft

For all of my years of flying, I’ve been pretty much a “by guess and by golly” or “TLAR” (That Looks About Right) flyer.  I never put much scientific practice into my flying.  I am pretty analytic, so I understand … Continue reading →

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March Goes Out Like A Lion!

Posted on 30 March 2014 by Bredehoft

Well, the weather seems to have finally broken; it broke 50 today and is supposed to be over 60 tomorrow.  Regarding the weather, March is going out like a lamb. But, I want to thank all of my customers.  I … Continue reading →

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My “Throwback Thursday” Photo

Posted on 27 March 2014 by Bredehoft

This was taken nearly 20 years ago. It was almost certainly at a Cleveland Free Flight Society FAC contest.  From left-to-right:  Russ Brown (CFFS), Stu Weckerly (Cloudbusters), Dave Livesay (Cloudbusters), and me – George Bredehoft.  In the late 90s, I … Continue reading →

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HIMax NoCal Indoor Flight

Posted on 16 March 2014 by Bredehoft

I participate in maybe two indoor contests a year (Kent, Ohio and Pontiac, Michigan) and I rarely get the opportunity to practice (no more than once a month at Potterville, Michigan).  Today was my last opportunity to test/practice before the … Continue reading →

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Triflyer in Action

Posted on 17 November 2013 by Bredehoft

I had the opportunity to test out the Triflyer indoors today.  I didn’t have a lot of time, but the plane flies pretty well.  This is flying with a  short loop of 3/32″ rubber and about 700 turns.  I anticipate … Continue reading →

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Loss of a Friend – Lonnie Kinder

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Bredehoft

Last week, our small midwestern free flight community was shocked to hear that our friend, Lonnie Kinder, had passed away suddenly.  Lonnie was an important part of the Flying Aces Club in Indiana.  He was the Contest Director for an … Continue reading →

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“Props” to Some of my Flying Friends

Posted on 24 October 2013 by Bredehoft

Today seemed to be the day to get news on accomplishments of some of my flying friends. The first one I will mention is good friend and fellow Cloudbuster, Ted Allebone.  Ted’s 2012 AMA Nats winning P-30 design was finally … Continue reading →

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Video of Bf109e NoCal at Muncie

Posted on 30 September 2013 by Bredehoft

I arrived at Muncie Friday night, just in time to get a couple of test flights on my brand new NoCal.  The performance in the video looks promising.  I went to a lighter longer motor on Saturday and didn’t get … Continue reading →

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Blue Max!

Posted on 23 September 2013 by Bredehoft

Team Volare again ventured north to Flint to attend our local Cloudbusters FAC outdoor contest.  We had a successful day.  The promised sunshine was missing, but we had a good day flying, in any case. I took 2nd in WWII … Continue reading →

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