Thanks Indy: They are saved for future projects! ie: two builds from a single kit... it's economical!
Thanks Gamera: The scene represents a time in General Aviations' past when performing such stunts wouldn't garner front page news or land the pilot in a prison cell. (unless the guy about to putt worked for the FAA and he got your tail number) LOL
During summertime, they use to set up a traveling circus in the field adjacent to the little airport where I learned to fly, and in the midst of their early evening tent shows, it would take about 10 minutes for three of us locals in two J-3's and a Champ to draw EVERYONE out of the tent to watch the airshow! The circus people would get FURIOUS, which made us laugh even harder! One of the J-3's would land, taxi down to the end of the strip closest the tent and just sit there.... after a while a couple fancy dressed performers would start out toward us.... when they were about 50ft away, we'd hold the brakes and go on with a little power to raise the tail.... as they got closer we'd start rolling easy, then they'd begin running, and just before reaching the plane we'd pull it off the ground, do a tight circle, and yell HELP as we flew past them! The performers would jump up and down, cussing and shaking thier fist, while the crowd outside the tent was laughing their a^^es off, cheering and having a ball! The police normally would be waiting for us when we shut down, and through chuckles, tell us to leave the circus alone, shaking their heads as they walked back to their cars.
Then there was that little church up on Smith Ridge on Sunday evenings.... LOL Those were the days!
Take care,
Frank