I can remember those days! I learned to fly in the spring of 1975. There was this man in our club that flew pattern. The guys that taught me how to fly said you won't like that. Its not fun. After that all I could think about was the fancy painted airplane called a Blue Angle, and the man flying it was Mr. Bill Lipes. I started flying pattern in 1977. My first pattern plane was a Super Kaos. Unfortunately it didn't last too long thanks to a Heathkit radio. The next airplane was a Dirty Birdy with a new Pro Line Radio. After that was a Compensator. My first pattern contest was in Burlington NC. I had a lot of fun in those years going to pattern meets in Virgina, North Carolina, and South Carolina. I also made two nationals one in Lake Charles, LA and Dayton OH. I would like to see some of the people I flew with... Russ Chiles, Sammy Hill, Johnny Powers, Larry Nash. Oh well so much for day dreaming back to work!