Re: [Freeflight] Re: Indoor flight, was RE: teaching stay

[Nate Waddoups <thoughts@n...>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Janet Jeanpierre wrote:

> It will be interesting to compare the flying styles of Phoebe to Bitsy
> the WC Pionus when she starts to really flying well outside (she now
> is basically fully feathered).

Not to mention, the training styles. :-) How old is Bitsy, again?

I'm still afraid to take my Phoebe outside, though I'm starting to think
that we might be successful in large open field. I'm certain that she
wants to stay with me, I just don't think she has the skills or confidence
to fly down if something scares her up into a tree. Then again, she might
pull an over-the-horizon flight like Shanlung's Tinkerbell. Scary stuff.

In the meantime I'm looking forward to seeing how her flight changes in
larger indoor spaces. I've only seen her open her wings to glide once or
twice, but I'm really hoping she does more of that if I can get her more
space to fly in.

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Nate Waddoups
Redmond WA USA
http://www.natew.com