{"id":95,"date":"2009-07-11T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T17:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/?p=95"},"modified":"2009-07-11T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T17:42:30","slug":"aerobird-extreme-maiden-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"AeroBird Extreme Maiden Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased a pair of beat up AeroBird &#8220;Extreme&#8221; trainer planes on e-bay about 2 years ago but never had anywhere to fly them [so I bought a helicopter instead o:-)].  I&#8217;ve now moved and am right next to a set of 6 soccer fields all in a huge block, so plenty of flight space.  Unfortunately the only takeoff strip is a tiny 15 car parking lot, complete with sign posts and curbs which make every take-off interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96\" title=\"DSC07237\" src=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07237-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07237\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07237-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07237.JPG 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOf course no maiden flight is complete without landing in a tree courtesy of a nice cross wind:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-97\" title=\"AeroBird Tree Landing\" src=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07228-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"AeroBird Tree Landing\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07228-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07228.JPG 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFortunately I have many years of tree climbing experience:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-98\" title=\"AeroBird Recovery\" src=\"http:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07230-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"AeroBird Recovery\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07230-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chrismeyer.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DSC07230.JPG 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand after pulling the wing off and carrying it back down to safety we were back up and flying in no time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased a pair of beat up AeroBird &#8220;Extreme&#8221; trainer planes on e-bay about 2 years ago but never had anywhere to fly them [so I bought a helicopter instead o:-)]. I&#8217;ve now moved and am right next to a set of 6 soccer fields all in a huge block, so plenty of flight space. 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