If I had a local hobby shop that might work. The closest one worth visiting for me is 100 miles away. 200 round trip. It's easier and A LOT cheaper to pay for shipping. So why not have it set up to make the job easier and less expensive at the same time????????? Less than $20 shipping for the plane. Government use to figure travel expenses at $.40 a mile back when gas was less than half what it is now. That makes it some where in the area of a $100 for me to run to the LHS. Doesn't add up.
Gas
tires
insurance
repairs
maintence
depreciation
and the one thing I don't have, TIME