Bud Romak and his Dawn Patrol

AMA Hall of Famer Bud Romak test flying his majestic Dawn Patrol - Dawn Unlimited rubber ship at the 2017 Western States Championships - June 3, 2017 - Waegell Field, CA

[@alistairmorton497]

Wow! What memories this brought to the surface. Free flight is so pure and the experience of this guy. Beautiful. Thanks for posting!

[@Channel-os4uk]

Delightful. Utterly delightful in every way. There's hope for the world whilst old boys and their models like this exist.

[@pperretjr]

THANKS!

[@Manaviex]

26/5000 BEAUTIFUL MODEL AND BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT !!!!

[@P61guy61]

Masterpiece. Thank you for posting

[@willwinn8559]

Beautifully built , I hope it made it past the dramatic landing. 👍👍

[@bottling.hobo.]

The test glides went further than my powered free flight planes. What a beautiful bird!

[@megatesla]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@MrCrossbiker]

Amazing model...........great flight.

[@avrongordon1310]

Great video. Great builder

[@kenkingsflyingmachines2382]

Crazy DT! Thanks for the post.

[@kbird529]

thanks for shareing

[@mjd4174]

Brave man - no stuffer tube.. ok it was a test flight. Glad he missed the thermal streamer pole at launch!

[@Clouddddxjzjs552]

Great video Ates, of a truly beautiful model. Working on that Rod Persons LA7. Lovely plan.

[@atesus]

Good to hear from you Lindsay, looking forward to seeing the Lavochkin.

[@rafaeltorres2886]

That's the biggest Javelin I have ever seen.

[@jamesjacocks6221]

A beautiful giant in tissue and silkspan, I guess. If the stop was more advanced the model would have started it's majestic glide at maximum altitude. More to the point, that motor could be stronger, say 34 strands by 48" and it would seriously start to climb and then, depending on the wind and real estate, it could glide forever. The video was great.

[@jimbo2629]

What more rubber!! It’s already got one pound. I could motorise a few coupes and still have enough money to buy a beer after the flying session. Does he have shares in a plantation?

[@hilton11000]

i remember as a kid in the 70s and saw a tv program and it showed this kind of glider ,they used a fuse like a rope which i think would burn through a rubber band and would set the rudder to do a turn and would eventually circle and land it was amazing to see as a kid, loved the vid

[@herbfamilton7740]

J and H areospace have kitted it if you are keen to build one...

[@hilton11000]

@@herbfamilton7740 thanks for the info ,im afraid paper planes are as far as i ever went , but thanks again from north wales

[@aeroearth]

Nothing quite like flying Open Rubber (Unlimited Rubber) powered Free flight model aircraft! Must get around to repairing my 600 sq. inch wing model, modifying the design a bit and trying again Bit of a shock to realise that its now 40 years old! Takes half a hank of rubber.

[@miguelsuarez8010]

What a great rubber model. No need for a dethermalizer?

[@atesus]

For sure :). See around 10:40.

[@lovegarbage]

Poetry.

[@seantheberge4182]

I have one of Buds planes, a Vee Tail Swallow.

[@hassanjomaa6451]

wow !

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

It's crazy to think about where it would wind up if the dethermilizer malfunctioned.

[@juliehaas6868]

Big boi

[@jimbo2629]

I bet that wouldn’t come down in a thermal even when dt ed.

[@TheKommercial]

What wingspan is this?

[@atesus]

If I recall correctly, 64".