But how would I have anything to fly? I have not crashed since 1999 but at least 17 airplanes in the ready room would immediately be grounded. There are more but I’m afraid to count them since it is better to truthfully tell my wife “I don’t know how many airplanes I have.” I am not a builder and apparently became frightened about not having any thing to fly so I became a packrat.

I reuse everything, carefully. Some items from previous buyouts have been used successfully that the previous owner had in the scrap pile.