Bobby, I remember the first pattern plane I had built, many years ago. It came after a series of other planes I was building for some gents, to make spending money in high school.

I took it down to the local field where this one ominous looking dude who talked ALL the time came over and demanded that the plane undergo the extreme scrutiny of the "Safty Officer". And the first test flight had to be done by the guy's son, who wore the title "Chief Test Pilot" on his cap. You can guess the rest. The son duly crashed my pride and joy and then blamed the plane and its construction.

Talking about adding insult to injury, that certainly left an impression. Story fits

MattK