Thanks CGRetired (Coast Guard Retired?? Thank you for your service Sir) I did 14 years active duty U.S. Army. I came very close to transitioning into the Coast Guard back in the early 90's. I was a Blackhawk pilot at the time and the Coast Guard was short H-60 pilots so they were recruiting. Still regret not taking advantage of that to this day.

There is a club a couple of hours away that publishes an outstanding student pilot guide with a very thorough program consisting of phases which start from taxiing and progressively work up to the advanced stuff and everything in between. I'll be following this program but hopefully at an accelerated pace due to my past experience. We shall certainly find out!!

Anyway, I'm probably going to build the Tiger 60 from a kit as it seems to have been discontinued in ARF form which is actually fine with me. I love to build and this kit is supposed to build very well plus I can pick my own covering scheme so as to stand out from the ARF crowd! I have read some great things about the O.S. 75 AX and will definitely be going into the Tiger 60. I like fast and would rather have a little too much engine than not enough. I have a feeling the Tiger will like it very much. In the mean time, I'll purchase an ARF that I can start flying right away with the above mentioned student pilot program.

Well, I guess it's time to change my hobby room over as I'm currently heavily involved in scale plastic modeling (WW II aircraft and armor). Going to put up the plastic models for now as that is more of a winter time hobby and it's flying season now. Think I'll go ahead and order that Tiger kit very soon!!

Randy