Don't loose hope Mike, in a few years "Senior" Pattern will be us guys, and the late '70's - early 80's planes will rule. Bring on the pipes and the retracts, I'm down with that. Heck, who said the oldies are not competitive against the 2 meter birds. I know a guy who won a round in a contest in Nashville with an Intruder 90 this year against a whole bunch of 2 meter birds. I think he had a little help from the wind though, and did not know any better.

All this talk makes me want to dust off my Tipo 40 kit and build it.

Greg "The Intruder"