Oskar Zovic / 24 Feb 2011 19:41

Danny,
apparently he flew mostly reds and yellows,but also silvers and duns,even
pure whites. According to what late Mr Hunt told me,Ballmer position was
very bad to drop the bird,because of a lot of big oak tree's in his back
yard,and the coop being right next to a three story house. Twice he flew
young birds (yellows and reds) over 16 hours,a record at the
time,unfortunately he wasn't able to get all down and in on time allowed.
Eventually he got out of tipplers, and moved to Oakville,where he kept
canaries. Sadly enough, cancer claim him in his early sixties.
Danny the kit of red and yellows I flew on that rainy day of May 7/92 was
more then anything to show Mr Hunt how wrong he was with his claim, that
nobody ever flew them under unfavourable conditions,more then couple of
hours. They only flew continental record for that fly, and Mr Hunt was in
the back yard to witness. And his comment to me was " Oskar it was you,not
the birds "
All the best
Oskar

Submitted by Oskar Zovic on 2/24/2011 7:37:41 PM