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Getting to know one another => Your Introduction => Topic started by: Weebeasty32454 on March 30, 2014, 06:21:13 AM

Title: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Weebeasty32454 on March 30, 2014, 06:21:13 AM: First let me say that I am very happy to have found this site. I look forward to sharing what I know about these heroic early years of aviation.
This all started for me when I was given a copy of Joseph Phelan's "Heroes & Aeroplanes of the Great War 1914-1918" when I was a kid and the deal was sealed when my parents took me to the Rhinebeck Aerodrome in upstate New York. I have been building models off and on since I was a kid but have never finished an aircraft kit from WW 1. I hope I can change that soon with the help of this website and it's members.
Best regards,
Steve
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: uncletony on March 30, 2014, 06:37:22 AM: Welcome aboard, Steve.

That book was my favorite too when I was a kid and I still cherish my tattered, spineless copy.
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: LindsayT on March 30, 2014, 07:03:21 AM: Hi Steve, nice to have you here.

Lindsay
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Des on March 30, 2014, 07:04:37 AM: Hello Steve and welcome to the forum, so nice to see you here. This forum has many very talented members who are all willing to share their knowledge, any questions you may have please feel free to ask and I'm sure you will get the answers you need. I look forward to seeing your WW1 models on these pages soon.

Des.
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Nigel Jackson on March 30, 2014, 08:11:51 AM: Hello Steve and welcome to this brilliant forum. Let's hope you get a WW1 model under your belt soon!

Best wishes
Nigel
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: IanB on March 30, 2014, 10:50:57 AM: Welcome aboard Steve!
I lived in Concord for 3 years, love NC! (apart from the dry parts of course!) ;)

Ian
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Weebeasty32454 on March 30, 2014, 12:06:17 PM: Hey Ian just avoid Graham County ;) Thanks very much everyone for the welcome. I'm hoping to get started on something real soon.
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: coyotemagic on March 30, 2014, 12:56:12 PM: Welcome to the forum, Steve! Great to have you aboard. Old Rhinebeck is what hooked me originally, too.
Cheers,
Bud
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: IFF1418 on March 30, 2014, 03:57:38 PM: Hi Steve,

Welcome to this wonderful forum!

Kind regards
Patrick
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: rhallinger on March 30, 2014, 10:52:04 PM: Welcome Steve, I'm glad you found us! Wow--you're childhood experiences mirror my own. The outstanding Phelan book and my parents nourishing my interest with a visit to Rhinebeck in the late 60s. ;D. Add in seeing "The Blue Max" at the local movie theater--only one screen--and Gene Gurney's "Flying Aces of WWI," and I was set! ;)

My son graduated from Wake Forest last year, so I've been making the trek from PA to NC for several years. Always enjoyed my visits. Glad to have you aboard!

Regards,

Bob
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: RAGIII on March 30, 2014, 10:57:57 PM: Welcome from the Mountains of North Carolina! I am looking forward to your participation and input!
RAGIII/AKA Rick Geisler
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Weebeasty32454 on March 31, 2014, 12:46:17 AM: North Carolina is a terrific place. I live just a hop, skip and a jump south of Raleigh. Wake Forest is not far at all. The beautiful mountains, great coastline and the beaches are tough to beat.
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: RAGIII on March 31, 2014, 07:20:47 AM: Quote from: Weebeasty32454 on March 31, 2014, 12:46:17 AM
North Carolina is a terrific place. I live just a hop, skip and a jump south of Raleigh. Wake Forest is not far at all. The beautiful mountains, great coastline and the beaches are tough to beat.

You are right! I guess I am about 4 or 5 hours away from you. I live in Fleetwood, Just about midway between Boone and West Jefferson.
RAGIII
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: bobs_buckles on March 31, 2014, 06:44:17 PM: Quote from: RAGIII on March 30, 2014, 10:57:57 PM
Welcome from the Mountains of North Carolina! I am looking forward to your participation and input!
RAGIII/AKA Rick Geisler

You lucky man!
If Last of the Mohicans is anything to go by, you live in a very beautiful place.

Back on thread...
Welcome aboard, Steve! Enjoy!!

VB
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: lcarroll on April 01, 2014, 02:33:26 AM: Welcome to this great place Steve, I know you'll enjoy it. Now, get Building!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: Weebeasty32454 on April 01, 2014, 11:50:37 AM: I've got the WNW Fokker D.VII OAW ordered and hopefully on it's way. Thank you all for the wonderful welcome. I'm psyched to get started.

Steve
Title: Re: Hi to all from North Carolina USA
Post by: LindsayT on April 03, 2014, 04:40:37 AM: Okay, I gotta ask, Steve. With a handle like Weebeasty, are you a microbiologist, or just a fan of historically important Dutch lens grinders?

Lindsay