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Suggestions to Preston Briggs
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December 20, 2002 -- Added a new song. December 17, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added a new link. December 16, 2002 -- Added a new song. Updated the calendar. Added a new link and straightened some bent ones. December 14, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. December 10, 2002 -- Added more pictures from the Toys for Tots contest. Expanded the people section. December 9, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added a report for the Toys for Tots contest. Expanded the people section. December 4, 2002 -- Updated the calendar (added the Bladder Grabber!). December 3, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added links to Control Line UK. December 2, 2002 -- Updated the calendar, fixed a few typos, and updated the links to Larry Driskell's new web page. Hmmmm... Our birthday was November 30th; this web site is a year old! November 25, 2002 -- Added a pair of new quotes. November 21, 2002 -- Updated the calendar with information about the Toys for Tots contest. November 19, 2002 -- Added a picture of Mike Ogren's Radical 15. November 14, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. November 12, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. October 30, 2002 -- A new quote, with picture! The quote is from Ken Burdick and the picture is from Buzz Wilson. October 25, 2002 -- Pat Willcox contributed pictures and discussion showing how he mass produces streamers. October 17, 2002 -- Added the Lithuanian CL webpage (builders of the LIT F2D engine) to the suppliers list. October 16, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added a few pictures to the People section. Made Göran Olsson's list of prime control-line websites! October 15, 2002 -- Added a report about the Houston Classic, held last weekend. Expanded the People section slightly. October 10, 2002 -- Corrected names associated with Morgan Hill contest. October 9, 2002 -- Added a report from the 80mph contest in Morgan Hill last week, courtesy of Mike Willcox and Steve Stewart. October 8, 2002 -- Added a link to the new webpage for Cyclon engines. October 5, 2002 -- Added a report from the World Cup in St. Petersburg, courtesy of Mike Willcox. Updated the calendar. October 2, 2002 -- Added a link to a Lithuanian combat page. September 28, 2002 -- Added results from the Karl Marchinke Memorial held last week in Tucson. Updated the people section. September 27, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. September 20, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. September 16, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added pictures of more people. Added pictures from the 1/2A contest in Arlington this past weekend. September 13, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. September 4, 2002 -- Corrected several spelling errors (Tucson, Tucson, Tucson, Tucson, ...) August 29, 2002 -- Updated links to Mejzlik Modellbau. Added a link to a page of suppliers for the Speed community. August 28, 2002 -- Added Competition Model Accessories (the old Kustom Kraftmanship) to the list of suppliers (and another link under Darrin Albert's name). Updated the calendar. Clarified some of the pictures illustrating the construction of Liddle's planes. August 27, 2002 -- Expanded the people section. August 26, 2002 -- Continued expansion of the people section. More pictures illustrating construction of Liddle's planes. August 23, 2002 -- Expanded the people section. August 22, 2002 -- Expanded the people section. August 21, 2002 -- Start a new section with pictures of the Willcox's building a new fleet of Liddle planes. Added American Science & Surplus to the list of suppliers. Started a new section, People, to help me organize the older pictures I'm starting to receive. August 20, 2002 -- Added a picture of a VA, courtesy of Larry Driskill. August 19, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. Added a new quote, thanks to Bill Lee. Added some pictures from the World Champs (plus a few others you'll have to search for), thanks to Mike Willcox. August 13, 2002 -- Expanded the discussion of glow clips, based on input from Pat Willcox. August 8, 2002 -- Added links to Jim Booker's web site. August 5, 2002 -- Added a link to Loet Wakkeman's report from the World Champs (also note that Goran Olsson has posted more pictures from Mike Willcox). Added some pictures from Mark Rudner showing the latest version of his shutoff. August 2, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. July 29, 2002 -- Added a link to the complete results for the World Champs. July 25, 2002 -- Added pictures of a couple more shutoffs seen at the Bladder Grabber. July 24, 2002 -- Pat Willcox sent around more complete results from the World Champs. I also compiled the US Nats results from reports by Howard Rush. July 23, 2002 -- Added some pictures of Ross Meyer's stooge. July 22, 2002 -- Mike Willcox has won the World Champs. Hopefully we'll eventually be able to find the complete results. July 18, 2002 -- Added a bunch of pictures of people from the Bladder Grabber. July 17, 2002 -- Added a few pictures of the Fora 36 and the Fora 50 taken at the Bladder Grabber. July 16, 2002 -- Added pictures showing the variety of handles in use at the Bladder Grabber. July 15, 2002 -- Added a number of pictures of pit boxes seen at the Bladder Grabber. July 11, 2002 -- Added a new section with pictures (and eventually discussion) of Ed Brzys' planes from Bladder Grabber. July 8, 2002 -- Added pictures of a few Nelson accessories. Added a new quote. June 30, 2002 -- Took about 200 pictures at the Bladder Grabber. As I get them organized, I'll start posting them. June 29, 2002 -- Corrected many spelling errors. June 26, 2002 -- Touched up some typos. Added a new song. June 21, 2002 -- Removed a dead link. Added a paragraph describing possible simplifications to the Electronic Nicad. June 18, 2002 -- Finished up the description of the Electronic Nicad. June 12, 2002 -- Added links to contest reports from MACA and some pictures from a contest in White Rock, New Mexico. June 10, 2002 -- Added a link to a forum on speed-limit combat. June 9, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. June 8, 2002 -- Fixed some typos. June 5, 2002 -- Added a bit more to the description of the Electronic Nicad. June 4, 2002 -- Straightened a few bent links. June 1, 2002 -- Added another picture to the description of the Electronic Nicad. Also added a new quote, without attribution. May 30, 2002 -- Added a few more pictures and text to the description of the Electronic Nicad. May 28, 2002 -- Expanded the description of the Electronic Nicad. Almost done. Added a picture of the Fora 50, a hot, new 1/2-A engine. May 22, 2002 -- Cleaned up a little more formatting. May 21, 2002 -- Made a large number of tiny formatting changes that improve the layout of pictures for some obscure web browsers. Probably invisible for Netscape and Explorer. May 20, 2002 -- Added a new section illustrating how the leadout holes are melted in the wings for the Son of Snort (or other foamies). May 17, 2002 -- Added more pictures from the Big Money Diesel Contest. May 16, 2002 -- Expanded the description of the Electronic Nicad. May 15, 2002 -- Updated the contest calendar. May 14, 2002 -- Added links to results and pictures from Bitterfeld. Did some more work on the description of the Electronic Nicad. Added captions for the pictures from the Big Money Diesel Contest held May 4-5. May 13, 2002 -- Expanded the description of the Electronic Nicad. May 10, 2002 -- Added a link to the latest New England Combat page. May 9, 2002 -- Updated the link to Supercool's new web site. Made some progress on the Electronic Nicad, adding a (nearly) complete schematic. Began writing the contest report for the "Big Money Diesel Contest" held last weekend. May 4, 2002 -- Added a picture of Mike Ogren's latest plane. May 2, 2002 -- Straightened a couple of bent links. April 30, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. April 26, 2002 -- Added a link to John James' website on F2D in the UK. April 23, 2002 -- Some new music, by Lonesome Bob. April 22, 2002 -- Added some more pictures illustrating construction of the SoS spar. Made another sweep for spelling errors (hmmm, the dictionary here doesn't believe "zoot" is a word!). April 20, 2002 -- Mike Brandt sent a number of pictures showing some of his engines, a Matador, his stooge, and his current construction project. April 17, 2002 -- Added information about Bladder Grabber XXV. April 8, 2002 -- Added a couple of pointers to the latest AMA rules governing combat in the US. April 3, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. March 27, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. March 25, 2002 -- Added a couple of pictures of Top Gun from George Cleveland. March 14. 2002 -- Added a new quote from Skip James, wherein he promises that he'll stay out of the ground if his pit crew can just get the plane back up into the air this one last time. March 12, 2002 -- Added some pictures from Mike Ogren showing off some of his planes. Planning ahead (!), I moved last year's updates to a separate page. And to facilitate further planning, I updated the calendar and added links to the home pages of our favorite musicians, so we can readily check their tour dates. March 11, 2002 -- Updated the link to the Yahoo control-line forum. March 8, 2002 -- Added a link to Neil Simpson's New England Combat News. March 6, 2002 -- Updated the calendar. February 28, 2002 -- Filled in descriptions for several of the shutoffs. February 27, 2002 -- Finished up the description of the construction of the SoS spar joiner. Added Tap Plastics to the list of suppliers. Added a link to Chris Jensen's new web page. Updated the calendar. February 26, 2002 -- Added a link to Leo Voss' website. February 25, 2002 -- Added some description to the pictures illustrating construction of the SoS wing and the spar joiner. February 21, 2002 -- Updated the contest calendar. February 19, 2002 -- Added still more pictures illustrating the SoS construction project. Text to follow in due course. Updated the calendar. February 17, 2002 -- Added more pictures illustrating the SoS construction project. February 15, 2002 -- A new pair of quotes, illustrating the power of Pat's gift of gab. February 13, 2002 -- Added a link to Chris Jensen's web page and copied a picture of Mike Hoffelt's Monoboom from it. February 11, 2002 -- More work on the Electronic NiCad. February 8, 2002 -- Expanded the description of the Electronic NiCad. February 7, 2002 -- Added Darrol Cady to the list of suppliers. Updated the calendar. Added some decorative pictures to the Electronic NiCad discussion. February 6, 2002 -- Added more pictures showing construction of the SoS firewall. Added a bit more to the description of the Electronic NiCad. February 5, 2002 -- Started working on a description of the Electronic NiCad. January 29, 2002 -- More work on the glow driver essay. January 28, 2001 -- Updated the calendar a bit. Slowly accumulating material on glow drivers. January 25, 2001 -- Added a couple more pictures of Mears' shutoff. Added Buran's Antiques and Hobbies to the list of suppliers. Added pictures of Brian Greeve's Australian combat plane. January 24, 2001 -- Filled in some more shutoffs. Added several photos showing an installation of Rudner's shutoff. Removed the link to Iskandar's old web site. Looking forward to his next effort. January 22, 2001 -- Added a section showing a variety of shutoffs and a section to hold images from Mark Rudner's combat simulation. Added Fourmost to the list of suppliers. January 21, 2001 -- More pictures showing construction of the SoS firewall. January 17, 2002 -- Added more pictures and discussion for the SoS project. January 16, 2002 -- Updates to the calendar. Filled in pictures for building the SoS firewall. Added a new quote from Loet Wakkerman. January 15, 2002 -- Began a section on building the Son of Snort. January 14, 2002 -- Fixed the date for the Bladder Grabber in the calendar. Added Allied Electronics to the list of suppliers. January 11, 2002 -- A new quote, with apologies to John Fahey. January 10, 2002 -- Added a link to the results for the Australian NATS in the reports page. January 9, 2002 -- Started filling in some the gaps regarding glow plugs, glow drivers, rechargers, etc. This will take some time. January 7, 2002 -- Added links from the songs into Amazon, so you can find the necessary album. The survey agrees that these are all 5-star selections! Added one (only one!?) by ZZ Top. January 5, 2002 -- Added MBS Model Supply to the list of suppliers. January 4, 2002 -- Updates to the calendar and links. January 3, 2002 -- Created a calendar for 2002. The data the US events is woefully incomplete. Indeed, the only real content concerns the FAI World Cup events. January 2, 2002 -- Added Doug Galbreath to the list of suppliers. Rewrote parts of the sections on power and dynos. January 1, 2002 -- Added a section on measuring engine power and a section on dynamometers. I may have to do some rewriting here for clarity. |