Well, i've tried to add a picture of my ryan stm 8 times now but the connection keeps dropping so maybe later. Thanks Vincent, it was a great day and only one mishap, one guy forgot to attach his wing struts on his Mr Mulligan and the wing folded on lift off.
You can't preflight enough. Yes the plans were for a Ryan Sta, I should have bought them for $10 but oh well. The nose art is of my mom from the 40's made for me by Callie Graphics. She was an airplane inspector at Brookly field in Mobile Ala, when she was 19 and was featured in Ken Burns movie THEWAR a few years ago. The good Lord willing we will celebrate her 90th birthday next March. Here is a close up of the work, my dad had a nickname for her; Wampas Cat, being she's from the south you can only imagine what that was
Growing up she could fix anything around the house with a hammer,screwdriver, and pliers