General,

I don't think anyone is really questioning you or your judgement. I think everyone knows you put on a world-class event, and are a world-class guy. At my one-and-only trip to KYJ, I approached you about putting a maiden on my F-15. I recall that you asked me several questions about the plane, and I basically represented to you that while the plane itself had never flown, I had tons of stick-time on several of the exact same ARF with the exact same setup. You basically said that you knew I was a good pilot and you had no reservations at all... but that you had to be conscientious about the rules. Instead of making me wait until the end-of-day, you went and talked to the guys on the flight-line and then basically suspended flying and put the event on hold to give me the sky to myself to do my maiden. As a CD myself, I knew you had the prerogative to do that (though I would never have asked for a concession like that at a huge event), but I was so pleasantly surprised when you walked over and told me that you were shutting down the event for 10 minutes for me.

I thought, "What a class act. The Generous General."

My buddies were warming up the gong for me, but I think I disappointed them with a 10-out-of-10 landing

Thanks for KYJ and everything else you do for RC jets.