Hey Chris,

Sorry to see that you're feeling picked on. My impression was that the comments were intended as good natured banter... but there again maybe there's some history here that I'm missing, and I'm way off bat.

Anyway, regarding your openness about the cause of the crash being pilot error - I salute you for that, for I know how easy it would have been for you to claim some mysterious mechanical or radio problem etc.

Speaking of which .... huge kudos to SCCMAS member Filip. Dunno if you heard, but he sold his nice little Avistar, radio & engine complete to some young kid for $100. Then, when he went to help the kid fly the Avistar, he experienced a moment of brain asphyxiation (he'd been sitting on it shortly beforehand! ;-), and stuffed the aircraft.

Not only did he immediately fess up to his mistake (rather than claiming some made-up external cause as I've seen so many folk do), but he promptly bought the kid a brand new plane - which cost way more than the $100 he'd sold the whole package for earlier ! (It would have been way cheaper refund the $100 to the kid and take back the radio etc. back.). The combination of being honest & being nice to that kid put Filip in the hole financially, but buys him enormous credit amongst his clubmembers (not that I'd admit that to his face tho - he might get big-headed, and we can't have these young whippersnappers thinking that us old farts actually admire them!).

Anyway, now that I've finished boring you with that story... I hope you get your replacement Cap airborne pretty soon.

Regs,
Gordon