Fellas I think Jack is out to get me! Get this. I ask everyone there if it's ok if I cross the field and get some head-on shots with Jack's camera as he wanted some of him with his bird close in, right? After receiving their ok I walk to the swale and crouch for the shots as Jack comes in for a fast inverted fly by. As I'm thinking to myself that I'll never be able to focus fast enough, I peek my head out from behind the lens just in time to dive for cover! Jacks flying his 540 wide open right at me! Thank goodness Jack is a terrible shot, otherwise my new name would be Gashes. Less than 5 paces away lies his mangled plane. Needless to say, I took cover under my table the next time he went into the air, but I'm home safe now!

There were just too many variables at the field for me to put up my Hirundo, namely inexperienced flyers, multiple birds in the air and of course Jack! Could you imagine what an easy target I would make as I focused on a bird many hundred feet away? No Thanks!

Then............Rick and Kevin take to the air and experience a midair. Kevins Fazer goes in with minimal damage (detached and broken horizontal stabilizer) and Rick hastily lands his 540 and flattens the landing gear.

It must have been over 70 degrees today as I had to switch the 13x5 MAS for a 13x4 APC....much improved performance with a marked decrease in vertical thrust....it'll have to do. I got spoiled using the MAS since October...it sure is a great prop when it's cool.

I'll be watching my back from now on. We even had one guy who laughed as he straiffed the pit area, but I think Jack was giving him pointers as I saw him talking to him a number of times in hushed tones.

Peace.

Downtrodden.