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LAFA's annual display at the Fruit and Spice
Park's annual Redlands Natural Arts Festival consisted of Donald Dagenhart
and Mike Harwood with Donald's Powered Parachute and Ron, Claire and Ida
with their Quicksilver.
Larry Raboin and Suzan Tinny arrived
around midday both Saturday and Sunday to assist. We set up early Saturday
morning with temperatures in the mid 40's. The cloud cover persisted all day
to produce chilly winds out of the Northeast all day. This kept the
attendance down and we only had around 15 people come to our booth Saturday.
Sunday produced warmer weather and a larger attendance. At times we had up
to 15 people at a time looking at our machines and asking questions.
The biggest attraction was Donald's
Powered Parachute. This was the first year that we had a machine like this
at our display. Everyone wanted to know what it was and how it could fly
without wings. Donald and Mike kept busy explaining the operation and how
the parachute acts as a wing to give them lift. We had quite a bit of
interest in our club and handed out several membership applications. I had
people tell me that our booth alone made the visit to the event worthwhile.
Hopefully this will bring in several new
members.
Ron Andersen |
