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Post by Wes on May 16, 2017 23:40:01 GMT -5
No, Spearfish Lake Tales will stay the same. Why would I want to change it?
Yes, that's a 1-26, E model.
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Post by Boyd Percy on May 17, 2017 2:34:27 GMT -5
I didn't expect you would. I just wish you had let Spearfish Lake go out as a winner. Sort of a rags to riches thing.
I read where the manufacturer only built 700 of the I-26 during the 25 year production cycle.
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Post by Wes on May 17, 2017 8:08:09 GMT -5
There can be only one winner. Back in 2010 the local football team played in the state finals against a town not far from the theoretical location of Spearfish Lake, and that game was the inspiration for the one in Reaching for Wings. While I was happy for the local kids, I couldn't help think about how bitter and depressing the long, long back must have been for the other team.
But even getting to the state finals is a heckuva victory.
I knew when I started writing the book that the Marlins were going to play a team from far downstate, and have that long trip home. It took a surprisingly long time to think of them playing Bradford.
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Post by Lisa M on May 17, 2017 15:26:42 GMT -5
Wes, were you channeling Mr. Meany Pants when you wrote this chapter?
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Post by Boyd Percy on May 17, 2017 15:49:25 GMT -5
That was Hudson and Ishpeming which is just up the road from Marquette and Northern Michigan University. Crystal did her student teaching there. That's over 300 miles and a long way to drive back over mostly 2 lane roads in the U. P. if the game was played in Hudson.
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Post by Wes on May 17, 2017 16:17:30 GMT -5
Closer to 500 miles -- and the game would have been played in Detroit, which was no closer.
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Post by Jim Scott on May 17, 2017 19:00:00 GMT -5
I read the story 3 times each week when it is posted and there are 4 more chapters. It is time to guess the ending of Bree's story. My guess is that she graduates with honors from the Air Force Academy and goes on to fly the ultimate glider, the 62-year old U2 which has been flown by the CIA, Air Force, and NOAA. It is also appropriate that it was designed for Lockheed by Kelly Johnson who was born in Ishpeming, Michigan.
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Post by Boyd Percy on May 17, 2017 23:36:46 GMT -5
Very interesting. The Schweizer I-26 glider had its first flight in January, 1954 while the Lockheed U-2 first flew in August, 1955. They are both still being flown today. Only 104 U-2 planes were built versus 700 of the I-26. I guess quality versus quantity. Kelly Johnson was also involved in the design of the P-38, SR-71 and many other aircraft.
Great guess about the ending.
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Post by Boyd Percy on May 25, 2017 18:37:58 GMT -5
It looks like Jim Scott's guess about the conclusion of the story was right on the money except for the type of airplane. If Bree graduated from the USAF Academy in May or June of 2017, her flyover would probably be in April, 2019. The saga started in Rocinante has been most successfully completed in Reaching for Wings. Bravo, Wes!
Maybe Mark and Jackie along with Mike and Kirsten will finally get to embark on a long voyage on a boat.
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Post by Dave on May 25, 2017 19:10:10 GMT -5
Great Read, Thanks
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Post by guempelein on May 25, 2017 21:46:30 GMT -5
What I have come to expect, a tremendous book that has me tied up reading it when I am supposed to be doing something else. Well worth the time and a very worthy story.
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Post by Ernest Bywater on May 25, 2017 23:12:33 GMT -5
What I have come to expect, a tremendous book that has me tied up reading it when I am supposed to be doing something else. Well worth the time and a very worthy story. I get things done because I cheat by buying the books as e-pubs, and then reading them when having a hot bath to ease sore muscles.
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Post by Ed GReenberg on May 26, 2017 5:33:27 GMT -5
Ernest: I read the books online, chapter by chapter. If I bought the books, I'd burn through them in a weekend. This way, I get a chapter with breakfast, three times a week. When I first discovered Wes's stories, it was during the time that Dual Writer was posting Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, so I had a story with breakfast six days a week. Wes: I had tears in my eyes at the end of the book. Very well done. All: Interesting that it was "Sergeant Frankovitch" calling from Minot. Of course, there are lots more coincidences in authored stories than in real life -- or at least, better ones
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Post by Ernest Bywater on May 26, 2017 9:09:04 GMT -5
Ernest: I read the books online, chapter by chapter. If I bought the books, I'd burn through them in a weekend. This way, I get a chapter with breakfast, three times a week. When I first discovered Wes's stories, it was during the time that Dual Writer was posting Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, so I had a story with breakfast six days a week. Wes: I had tears in my eyes at the end of the book. Very well done. All: Interesting that it was "Sergeant Frankovitch" calling from Minot. Of course, there are lots more coincidences in authored stories than in real life -- or at least, better ones I like to read a story straight through or only one or two sittings, so I can't handle the bit now bit later for weeks on end. Sometimes I may wait to see the first few chapters before buying, but I do get the book to read in one go when I can. That way I can spend more time in writing my own stories and editing stories for others.
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Post by John on May 26, 2017 12:21:13 GMT -5
Wes, that was a wonderful ending to a Great story. I enjoyed every minute of it. Knowing your writings, perhaps it isn't the end?
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