[RKDinOKC]

Went to a R/C plane event in Ames IA. It was held on Byrons estate which included a private strip and a 1/5 scale copy of that strip for his R/C planes. There was a Stinson Reliant giving rides for $50 and the Confederate Air Force was giving rides in the jump seat of a P51 for $200.

I monied up for the P51. Jump seat was very cramped. The runway was really short and had power lines with those orange balls at the end. He firewalled it with the rudder almost touching the barbed wire fence till well after the tail lifted, then let off the brakes and rocketed down the strip lifting at the last minute and barely clearing the orange balls. Don't know if he did it on purpose or not, but that was the take off every time. Sounded and felt like the plane was going to come apart till it left the ground. First thing in the air the pilot asked if I wanted to get sick. Said not really so no loops or rolls, but almost passed out on a couple of very tight turns. Landing he barely cleared the barbed wire fence and small cedar trees but the length of the runway did not seem an issue.