52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Tue May 23, 2023 11:42 pm

Thanks for the report Joe

Here's an early group photo from today's gathering:


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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Wed May 24, 2023 10:48 am

Joe Faust made one of the first flights of the day:

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Joe Faust entertained the crowd with help from John and Matt:

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John Heiney flew one of Frank Colvers latest seated harnesses.

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Floyd Fronius flew the Condor 225.

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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Frank Colver » Fri May 26, 2023 11:29 pm

Here is the link to my Vimeo of John Heiney testing the latest version of my swing seat and bar adapters at the meet. It was late in the day and the wind had died to almost nothing but he had a good launch and glide to the beach. :salute:

https://vimeo.com/830759099?share=copy

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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby JoeF » Sat May 27, 2023 6:08 pm

Some background with John on earlier version of the Colver seat harness in 2018:
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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Sun May 28, 2023 2:04 am

Frank Colver wrote:Here is the link to my Vimeo of John Heiney ...

https://vimeo.com/830759099?share=copy


It turns out that you can embed Vimeo videos directly in our forum:



Here's what that looks like in BBCode:

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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Sun May 28, 2023 11:55 pm

I had my cameras running most of the day. Here are the first ten in random order.
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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Mon May 29, 2023 12:07 am

I had my cameras running most of the day. Here are the second ten in random order.
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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Mon May 29, 2023 12:18 am

I had my cameras running most of the day. Here are the third ten in random order.
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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Mon May 29, 2023 12:21 am

I had my cameras running most of the day. Here are the fourth ten in random order.
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Re: 52nd Anniversary of Otto Meet - May 23, 2023

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Mon May 29, 2023 12:25 am

I had my cameras running most of the day. Here are the fifth ten in random order.
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