Monday was the day for us to leave Cottonwood, but, we had heard that the Remote Control airplane flyers met at the field on Monday and Friday at 9am, so decided to go over and see what they were doing before we packed up to leave.
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There were three guys up there when we arrived at about 9am -- this was the first one we saw take off.
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When his plane landed, even though it was not a hard landing, the right landing gear broke. This is the "examining" table - also the rack on which they test out all the controls before they start flying their plane. They determined what needed to be reinforced and one of the other guys offered to take the plane back home with him to make repairs.
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A couple of the other planes. Carl was surprised to see that they are mostly made of styrofoam. He had built a plane many years ago out of balsa wood and fabric.
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Another ready to take off
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A takeoff:
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Carl over at the runway with the pilot
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A landing:
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This pilot was the gentleman we met who told us about their gatherings on Monday and Friday. He is a Ham Radio operator and his rig was parked across from where Gracie was parked.
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After watching for a little while, we packed up and left the campground on our way to Surprise. We went out to eat with Wayne and Nancy and enjoyed seeing them.
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Sunset from our walk in Surprise
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Looking back at National Indoor RV from our walk -- hopefully we'll get the long-awaited awning installed on Tuesday!
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