The “Cri-Cri” is Alive!

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Cri-Cri?


This past Sunday the Boudreault hangar was abuzz with preparations for the first flight of David’s recently acquired Cri-Cri aircraft. This aircraft design holds the distinction of the world’s smallest twin and looks like a model where a large bubble canopy for the pilot clearly seems to be an afterthought. After a series of low and high speed taxi tests and a detailed inspection, Ron launched the Cri-Cri into the skies of Pendleton with it’s two 15 hp single cylinder engines spinning the props at 4500 rpm. After a few circuits the Cri-Cri was back in the hangar for a well deserved rest.

So the next time you look to the skies at Pendleton remember that you may not be looking at a model airplane buzzing around at 300 ft but rather a full-fledged aircraft at 2000 ft!

2009 GGC Lobster Party

The 2009 edition of the annual GGC Lobster party was held last weekend under cloudy but dry skies. The cooking fires were lit by 5:00 PM and soon the cast iron pots were boiling with fresh cooked lobster. Barbeques were also lit for those tastes were preferred the bovine variety of “Alberta Lobster”.

Throughout the evening, diners were entertained by the GGC version of those “Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines” (using models) as Jeff flew his self designed, blue foam “Thing” and Greg with his sleek electric glider. A true study of contrasts…The "Thing" once again proving that with enough thrust and flight control software (gyros), you can make anything fly and Greg showing what can be done with 10% of the normal thrust from his “Superflugel”.


As darkness fell, Nial set up a non-stop 10 minute fireworks extravaganza which was quickly followed by lighting the bonfire with bow and arrow (al la Barcelona Olympics…well…sort of).
Special thanks to all who helped make the 2009 GGC lobster party such a resounding success!

GGC @ Vintage Wings 2009

Early June signaled the annual migration of a GGC towplane and glider to the annual Vintage Wings “Open House” at Gatineau airport. The day started with low overcast skies but things cleared up completely by noon. Vintage wing’s recent acquisition, a P-40 Kittyhawk was prominently on display with flybys of the Corsair, Mustang and Staggerwing occurring through the day. There was steady traffic around our L33 (TR) that was ably flown in by Dan…after a 40 minute long holding pattern tow, to wait for a slot to land at the airport. Special thanks to all who contributed to make this event a success!
(photo M. Lacasse)