Perhaps so, Demolition Man.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, William Gowen <wdgowen@...> wrote:
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> I think I must be doing it wrong.
> On Aug 7, 2013 7:53 PM, <jandi_at_...> wrote:
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> > **
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> > hi Kang
> >
> > Sounds like a good reason to fly indoor models... the graceful tranquil
> > freedom of flight is soothing stuff
> >
> > kind regards... Jack Metcalf, Adelaide, Australia
> >
> >
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> > Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:24:45 -0000
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> > [Indoor_Construction] On Indoor Flying
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> > Larry Cailliau is one of the inductees to the NFFS Hall of Fame in 2013.
> > Here is what he wrote in 1984 about why he (and we) fly indoors.
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> >
> > By Larry Cailliau
> >
> > I often ask myself why I travel half way around the world, expose myself
> > to physical exhaustion and spend hours at painstaking precision model
> > building. I most often ask myself this question after a rough day of flying
> > when all I got to show for it is a fist full of extremely light micrometer
> > cut balsa sticks.
> >
> > All this effort is certainly not due to monetary value. Then why am I
> > doing it?
> >
> > Some people feel that friendship and competition is worth it and they have
> > a valid point. Model building and flying particularly indoor flying is
> > great therapy to take one's mind away from the hustle and bustle of the
> > modern-day world.
> >
> > There is something indoor flyers have in common that I can't put my finger
> > on. I do know that it has something to do with the flight of the model
> > aircraft. It is the slow, graceful and dreamlike image that an F1D gives
> > that makes people stare in wonderment. Cezar Banks calls it an "aura," for
> > the lack of a better description.
> >
> > The Japanese, known for their philosophy, seem to relate it to freedom.
> > According to the president of the Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Col, the "sight
> > of model airplanes flying unmanned through the air seems to embody our
> > subconscious desires for freedom."
> >
> > If you are the kind of person who stops to watch a hawk float effortlessly
> > in the sky, then indoor flying could be the answer to recapture those calm
> > and peaceful moments that are so rare in today's fast-paced life.
> >
> > I still can't put my finger on the exact reason why I enjoy indoor flying,
> > but maybe the models, seemingly suspended in mi-air, transfer naturally to
> > me that tranquil feeling that so many people seem to have lost in the 20th
> > Century.
> >
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