Hi Dave!
Sorry about your buddy..
1. Bring your dad up to the hangar! The Moth isn't getting any younger either. Actually she's in top form.
2. Bring airplanes with you. I'll bring toys too. Pulsejet ready very soon, on pause all July due to bigger distractions and holidays and stuff.
3. Gotta do this before September 17. I'll be out of commission the rest of the season. I had a cervical spine fusion 5 years ago to stop nerve damage, stable for a good while, but last 12 months or so many new troubles, lots more spine compression (it's called CSM). So getting a C3-4-5-6 fusion operation Sept 17. Yikes. Neck collar for 3 months.. bet the damn thing itches. But the surgeon said flying (real) is no danger, the axial bumps are fine. RC is worse with the neck bending. I've started flying lower now.