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Dr Kiwi Email

Everyone knows Dr. Kiwi. I asked Phil for a little background so we can know him more:

I grew up in New Zealand building planes from plans acquired from Aeromodeller in Britain (paid for with British Postal Notes), particularly cheap gliders hurled from the summits of volcanic cones (600ft or so), then went to C/L combat flying with 2.5cc Oliver Tiger Mk III diesels (one of mine, not new when I bought it in 1962, still runs beautifully!). After a hiatus of 35yrs (university BSc, Msc, PhD, some teaching, a stint as a research fellow at the Smithsonian, a wife and two kids, a research curators job (avian paleontology at the National Museum of New Zealand), and a move back to the US to teach Geology at UTC) I decided to stumble into R/C (2001). My piloting skills are woeful, but having 700 acres here on the Baylor School campus should allow me to hone them, if my
boat building, outboard maintenance, pater familial and professorial duties (now at Chattanooga State) let me have more free time.

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RCPilot136 - flying a 300DF geared on a SlowStick:

My SS is really ripping up the sky,thanks to you guys and your help....Thanks a million ......Mark....