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In article <kenji-0AC9E6.10123920102009@news.ripco.com>, kenji@ripco.com 
says...
> 
> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now in 
> our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find a race 
> every week.
> 
> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> 
> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> 
> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> 
> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> 
> See us on YouTube:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc

<yawn>

-- 
HUey

kenji wrote:
> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now in 
> our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find a race 
> every week.
> 
> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> 
> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> 
> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> 
> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> 
> See us on YouTube:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc


I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only 
exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.

In article <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com>,
 Michele <michele@buggeroff.net> wrote:

> kenji wrote:
> > The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now in 
> > our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find a race 
> > every week.
> > 
> > Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> > 
> > http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> > 
> > Visit us on rctech.net too:
> > 
> > <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> > -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> > 
> > See us on YouTube:
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> 
> 
> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only 
> exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.

I wouldn't expect to see anyone but people who are addicted to and 
really enjoy their car hobby to be showing up. We get spectators on the 
Southside but it's usually sotuhside church people checking us all out 
after church on Sundays. Lots of kids with elders and pastors and the 
like......Our NW side outdoor venue in the Summer is a different crowd. 
We get lots of spectators there who camp out to watch the races many 
make a day of it with lawn chairs and tables.....

In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:

> Michele wrote:
> 
> > kenji wrote:
> >> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now
> >> in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find
> >> a race every week.
> >>
> >> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> >>
> >> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> >>
> >> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> >>
> >> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> >> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> >>
> >> See us on YouTube:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> >
> >
> > I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only
> > exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
> 
> 
> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and watch
> while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
> 
> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...

you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?

cool.

Where do you fly?

We have three planes and four heli's.

RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC

In article <b_CdnT7r4MTfvkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:

> kenji wrote:
> 
> > In article <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com>,
> >  Michele <michele@buggeroff.net> wrote:
> >
> >> kenji wrote:
> >>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
> >>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers
> >>> find a race every week.
> >>>
> >>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> >>>
> >>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> >>>
> >>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> >>>
> >>>
> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> >>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> >>>
> >>> See us on YouTube:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> >>
> >>
> >> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only
> >> exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
> >
> > I wouldn't expect to see anyone but people who are addicted to and
> > really enjoy their car hobby to be showing up. We get spectators on
> > the Southside but it's usually sotuhside church people checking us
> > all out after church on Sundays. Lots of kids with elders and pastors
> > and the like......Our NW side outdoor venue in the Summer is a
> > different crowd. We get lots of spectators there who camp out to
> > watch the races many make a day of it with lawn chairs and tables.....
> 
> 
> WHITES are more likely to be able to afford accroutements like lawn chairs
> and tables...

over by the outddor track in Norridge it's lots of Europeans and Asians 
hanging out watching. Scale model racing is big in their home countries.

kenji wrote:

> In article <hbl3n4$ufr$2@ftupet.ftupet.com>,
>  Michele <michele@buggeroff.net> wrote:
>
>> kenji wrote:
>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers
>>> find a race every week.
>>>
>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>>
>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>>
>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>>
>>>
<http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>>
>>> See us on YouTube:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>>
>>
>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only
>> exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
>
> I wouldn't expect to see anyone but people who are addicted to and
> really enjoy their car hobby to be showing up. We get spectators on
> the Southside but it's usually sotuhside church people checking us
> all out after church on Sundays. Lots of kids with elders and pastors
> and the like......Our NW side outdoor venue in the Summer is a
> different crowd. We get lots of spectators there who camp out to
> watch the races many make a day of it with lawn chairs and tables.....


WHITES are more likely to be able to afford accroutements like lawn chairs
and tables...


-- 
Best
Greg

Michele wrote:

> kenji wrote:
>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now
>> in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find
>> a race every week.
>>
>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>
>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>
>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>
>> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>
>> See us on YouTube:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>
>
> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's only
> exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.


kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and watch
while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"

I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...


-- 
Best
Greg

kenji wrote:

> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>
>> Michele wrote:
>>
>>> kenji wrote:
>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
>>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
>>>> racers find a race every week.
>>>>
>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>>>
>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>>>
>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>>>
>>>>
<http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>>>
>>>> See us on YouTube:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>>>
>>>
>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
>>
>>
>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
>> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
>>
>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
>
> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
>
> cool.
>
> Where do you fly?
>
> We have three planes and four heli's.
>
> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC


I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but they
basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil airliners,
everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in various Asian liveries.

Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have the bux
there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from wood, the kind
you used to see in travel agency or airline office (remember them!?)
windows, those can run up to a thou or more...

Basically I am a geek at heart...


-- 
Best
Greg

In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:

> kenji wrote:
> 
> > In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
> >
> >> Michele wrote:
> >>
> >>> kenji wrote:
> >>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
> >>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
> >>>> racers find a race every week.
> >>>>
> >>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> >>>>
> >>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> >>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> >>>>
> >>>> See us on YouTube:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
> >>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
> >>
> >>
> >> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
> >> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
> >>
> >> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
> >
> > you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
> >
> > cool.
> >
> > Where do you fly?
> >
> > We have three planes and four heli's.
> >
> > RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
> 
> 
> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but they
> basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil airliners,
> everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in various Asian liveries.
> 
> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have the bux
> there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from wood, the kind
> you used to see in travel agency or airline office (remember them!?)
> windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
> 
> Basically I am a geek at heart...

come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying 
simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem 
on Lawrence

kenji wrote:

> In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>
>> kenji wrote:
>>
>>> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michele wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> kenji wrote:
>>>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
>>>>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
>>>>>> racers find a race every week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>>>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See us on YouTube:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
>>>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
>>>> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
>>>
>>> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
>>>
>>> cool.
>>>
>>> Where do you fly?
>>>
>>> We have three planes and four heli's.
>>>
>>> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
>>
>>
>> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but
>> they basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil
>> airliners, everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in
>> various Asian liveries.
>>
>> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have
>> the bux there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from
>> wood, the kind you used to see in travel agency or airline office
>> (remember them!?) windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
>>
>> Basically I am a geek at heart...
>
> come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
> simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem
> on Lawrence


I'm having a friend over for chicken and dumplings tomorrow eve, but thanx
for the invite...

Are there still any hobby shops around...???


-- 
Best
Greg

In article <-bOdnXubo46OsEPXnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:

> kenji wrote:
> 
> > In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
> >
> >> kenji wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Michele wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> kenji wrote:
> >>>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
> >>>>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
> >>>>>> racers find a race every week.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> >>>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> See us on YouTube:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
> >>>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
> >>>> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
> >>>
> >>> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
> >>>
> >>> cool.
> >>>
> >>> Where do you fly?
> >>>
> >>> We have three planes and four heli's.
> >>>
> >>> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
> >>
> >>
> >> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but
> >> they basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil
> >> airliners, everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in
> >> various Asian liveries.
> >>
> >> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have
> >> the bux there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from
> >> wood, the kind you used to see in travel agency or airline office
> >> (remember them!?) windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
> >>
> >> Basically I am a geek at heart...
> >
> > come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
> > simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem
> > on Lawrence
> 
> 
> I'm having a friend over for chicken and dumplings tomorrow eve, but thanx
> for the invite...
> 
> Are there still any hobby shops around...???

nearest you:

http://strictlyrc.net , Lawrence Ave. Norridge, mostly flight RC

http://chicagoland-hobby.com , Nprthwest Highway, Edison Park, mostly 
trains

http://alshobbyshop.com , Elmhurst IL

Sadly Stanton Hobbyshop closed a while back after 49 years in biz.

Being that yer an old fart and prolly enjoy something more experiential, 
Al's Hobbyshop in Elmhurst is where I'd tell you to go if you were 
looking for that "old time" feeling, something that might hark back to 
when your dad or uncle took you to a hobbyshop. Al's has been there for 
62 years and they have TON's of merchandise on their shelves. If you go 
plan on lunch downtown or dinner. It's a pretty nice downtown area there 
in Elmhurst. Very upper-middle and very white with lots of boutique 
kinda places. Not as huge as downtown Naperville but just as nice.

kenji wrote:

> In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>
>> kenji wrote:
>>
>>> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michele wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> kenji wrote:
>>>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
>>>>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
>>>>>> racers find a race every week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>>>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See us on YouTube:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
>>>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
>>>> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
>>>
>>> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
>>>
>>> cool.
>>>
>>> Where do you fly?
>>>
>>> We have three planes and four heli's.
>>>
>>> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
>>
>>
>> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but
>> they basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil
>> airliners, everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in
>> various Asian liveries.
>>
>> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have
>> the bux there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from
>> wood, the kind you used to see in travel agency or airline office
>> (remember them!?) windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
>>
>> Basically I am a geek at heart...
>
> come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
> simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem
> on Lawrence


BTW about 15 years ago a friend who worked for TWA in St. Louis took me to a
*real* flying simulator at their HQ at Lambert Field there, it was one of
their 747 simulators that pilots used to train on.  We "landed" at London
Gatwick...

Corporate security was pretty lax in those daze, you could not get away with
that shit now...


-- 
Best
Greg

In article <ftSdndxQEciLs0PXnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:

> kenji wrote:
> 
> > In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
> >
> >> kenji wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Michele wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> kenji wrote:
> >>>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week.
> >>>>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored
> >>>>>> racers find a race every week.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >> <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
> >>>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> See us on YouTube:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
> >>>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and
> >>>> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
> >>>
> >>> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
> >>>
> >>> cool.
> >>>
> >>> Where do you fly?
> >>>
> >>> We have three planes and four heli's.
> >>>
> >>> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
> >>
> >>
> >> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but
> >> they basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are civil
> >> airliners, everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in
> >> various Asian liveries.
> >>
> >> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have
> >> the bux there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from
> >> wood, the kind you used to see in travel agency or airline office
> >> (remember them!?) windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
> >>
> >> Basically I am a geek at heart...
> >
> > come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
> > simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem
> > on Lawrence
> 
> 
> BTW about 15 years ago a friend who worked for TWA in St. Louis took me to a
> *real* flying simulator at their HQ at Lambert Field there, it was one of
> their 747 simulators that pilots used to train on.  We "landed" at London
> Gatwick...
> 
> Corporate security was pretty lax in those daze, you could not get away with
> that shit now...

I'll bet yer in The Mile High Club

kenji wrote:

> In article <ftSdndxQEciLs0PXnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>
>> kenji wrote:
>>
>>> In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> kenji wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>>>>  "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Michele wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> kenji wrote:
>>>>>>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a
>>>>>>>> week. Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to
>>>>>>>> sponsored racers find a race every week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Visit us on rctech.net too:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
<http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
>>>>>>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See us on YouTube:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping.  It's
>>>>>>> only exciting if you're the rider.  Or in this case, driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over
>>>>>> and watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...
>>>>>
>>>>> you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?
>>>>>
>>>>> cool.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do you fly?
>>>>>
>>>>> We have three planes and four heli's.
>>>>>
>>>>> RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking,
>>>> but they basically just hang around and collect dust.  They are
>>>> civil airliners, everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's
>>>> in various Asian liveries.
>>>>
>>>> Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux.  If you have
>>>> the bux there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from
>>>> wood, the kind you used to see in travel agency or airline office
>>>> (remember them!?) windows, those can run up to a thou or more...
>>>>
>>>> Basically I am a geek at heart...
>>>
>>> come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
>>> simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and
>>> Harlem on Lawrence
>>
>>
>> BTW about 15 years ago a friend who worked for TWA in St. Louis took
>> me to a *real* flying simulator at their HQ at Lambert Field there,
>> it was one of their 747 simulators that pilots used to train on.  We
>> "landed" at London Gatwick...
>>
>> Corporate security was pretty lax in those daze, you could not get
>> away with that shit now...
>
> I'll bet yer in The Mile High Club


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Greg