O L D ~ H A W A I I (part 2)

[abellhunter]

Aloha,:hi:

Here are some more shots from the Big Island, Hawaii.:D

Image #1. A Farmers Shack & Taro Field in Waipio Valley
Image #2. Sunday's Drum Circle at Kehena Black Sand Beach
Image #3. Coconut-Kid getting a Tasty Snack for us
Image #4. Hippie Bus in Pahoa
Image #5. Wall Mural in Pahoa
Image #6. me holding two 7 Foot RC Gliders above Honuapo Bay
Image #7. me holding a freshly built 60 inch Glider at Honuapo
Image #8. my Friend Bill's Observatory at the 5,000 foot elevation on the slope of Mauna Loa. Bill has an 18 inch inside the Roll off, and a 22 inch with CCD inside the dome.

May you & yours be in fine health and great calm,
with gratitude and the warmest aloha,

Lance aka "abellhunter":hi:

http://www.anzaobservatory.com
...is Moving to the Southern Hemisphere any ideas, suggestions or
comments?:shrug:
humphreys@greencafe.com

[Zuts]

Hi Abel,

Your photo's especially the people look a match for Nimbin on the N.S.W north coast. Thats where most of our flower people hang out.

http://www.hippy.com/review-140.html

Paul

[abellhunter]

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i think Pahoa and Nimbin are mirror images! Pahoa is in the Puna District of the Big Island and has had a long standing reputation for being an "outlaw town". Must be all the "Flowers"!:P

Aloha, Lance aka "abellhunter":hi:

http://www.anzaobservatory.com

[Omaroo]

R/C slope soaring! Very cool. I was HEAVILY into R/C for about 15 years. Slope, after pattern, was my favourite discipline. Mixed elevons are just so responsive. Nice! You fly Lance (I presume so, with you holding one in the photo)?

One of THE things I want to do is slope soar off my hill when I get a chance - where we get a constant updraft:

[abellhunter]

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Aloha Chris!:hi:

YEPPERZ! R/C SLOPE-SOARING IN HAWAII!:thumbsup:

BUT WAIT A MINUTE.... YOU GOT A SLOPE AND THE OBSERVATORY PAD!:eyepop:

Been Flying Foam & Glass Wings for 8 yrs...... i had the observatory in the mountains for New Moon,:) then to the Beach for Full Moon. :DHad a RV set up in Cali for "beach-time" and thats when i saw these guys ripping the coastal slopes! Did a little Dynamic Soaring too at Parker Mountain in Cali also! NOW THATS FLYING!:scared: All the guys who i flew "slope" with in Cali are now into Heli's or DS'ing.

Here on the Big Island we gota crew of 6 to 10 that come out twice a week for ~ C O M B A T ! :shrug:

But we still do hot laps with the fast stuff when itz ~ B L O W I N G !:D

Herez more shots, Lance aka "abellhunter":hi:

Image #1. A Fresh 60" JART
Image #2. These STOP traffic! LED lighted matching 7 and 3 foot wings!;)
Image #3. The 7 foot "MOTHER SHIP" with radio for size comparison (w/lights ON)
Image #4. Jeep w/slope and electric power wings piled on....
Image #5. Flying the 7 footer at Honuapo Bay
Image #6. Wing Nuts ready for COMBAT!
Image #7. And More Wing Nuts:P
Image #8 Here i am again holding 2! SEVEN FOOT R/C GLIDERS!
[one weighs 6 lbs & the other is NINE POUNDS! Very Fast and noisy when they come RIPPIN' thru' the slot!]:eyepop:

[Omaroo]

Very cool indeed Lance. I miss R/C. I might have to get back into it - but I'd go for turbines now. I'd love a nice Yellow Aircraft F18 or F4 Phantom I think. My only problem would be time. These things take a lot of it... as you know.

That your TJ?

[abellhunter]

Yea Chris, :D

here da TOPLESS shot after the 10 inch lift!:help:

Aloha, Lance:P

P.S she's got 166,000 miles [X 1.6 = KLMs!] put-put-put:rofl:

[Omaroo]

LOL! Just how much do we have in common?