I met Gunny Bumburs at the RC Propbusters New England Aerotow in 2010. It was the first time we both attended the event and ironically, we were the first two to arrive at the field on that first day of the event. Gunny brought out his 1/4-scale Schweizer 2-33 and I was immediately smitten. As the event unfolded, the Schweizer impressed a lot of the other attendees and Gunny was awarded the Best in Show award. This photo of Gunny with his award and 2-33 model has additional significance for me because of the Pilatus Porter in the background (but that is another story!).
The 2010 New England event was held in September (has since been moved to May) and my Fall Soar for Fun was coming up in two months. I persuaded Gunny to attend by buying a 1/4-scale kit and promising him a steak au poivre dinner at Fratelli's if he delivered the kit to Cumberland. Well, he did just that and can be seen (on right) with his 2-33 in this photo from that event.
So we built the 1/4-scale 2-33 and were happy...until we got to see Gunny's 1/3-scale 2-33 at the 2014 Cumberland Summer Soaring event...oh well, had to give Gunny more money! Here are a gaggle of Gunny's Schweizer 2-33 models at the 2014 Summer Soaring event along with his brand new 1/3-scale model.
Gunny's 1/4-scale is third from the left and his 1/3-scale is on the far right.
I promised Jason Haab that I would encourage his 1/4-scale build by posting my 1/3-scale build to help pull him along, so here goes!
The 2010 New England event was held in September (has since been moved to May) and my Fall Soar for Fun was coming up in two months. I persuaded Gunny to attend by buying a 1/4-scale kit and promising him a steak au poivre dinner at Fratelli's if he delivered the kit to Cumberland. Well, he did just that and can be seen (on right) with his 2-33 in this photo from that event.
So we built the 1/4-scale 2-33 and were happy...until we got to see Gunny's 1/3-scale 2-33 at the 2014 Cumberland Summer Soaring event...oh well, had to give Gunny more money! Here are a gaggle of Gunny's Schweizer 2-33 models at the 2014 Summer Soaring event along with his brand new 1/3-scale model.
Gunny's 1/4-scale is third from the left and his 1/3-scale is on the far right.
I promised Jason Haab that I would encourage his 1/4-scale build by posting my 1/3-scale build to help pull him along, so here goes!
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