Tom,

I did go out to the field to watch the other guys but didn't take my plane I knew I'd be too tired after working 12 hours.

I think I mentioned that the fly-in for that weekend had been canceled. Well they had it anyway. I missed the e-mail notification that it was back on. At work that morning my supervisor asked for volunteers to take the day off. So I, thikning that the fly-in was canceled, opted to stay at work.

When I got to the airport after work the guys started telling me about the fella who came in with the show stopping Ultimate Bipe. They said one of the maneuvers he did was to fly the plane full speed level, then suddenly pull straight up. Instead of doing a vertical climb though the plane immediately went into a stationary hover. I sure would like to have seen the plane and him flying it. Oh well, maybe next time.

My job is giving me pains in a lot of ways. I spent my working years very unwisely always giving my workplace, first pace. It hasn't paid off as I expected it to. It's pressures and demands have me getting very serious about changing careers and beginning to reclaim what's left of my very small life.

I've started looking at stick kits to build. I'm not sure I want to get into that. I think starting out building a small kit would be the smartest thing to do, but I sorta think I would enjoy having a giant plane to fly. I'll probably wait until next year, if I'm still in the hobby, to start building a kit. I might even get a 4 stroke, finally.

Great news on the retracts, that's a really nice feature to build in. I know you're going to enjoy that.

And good on the time away from the plane. That's sort of like going down to the shopping mall for the express purpose of girl watching.

later dude,

elad