The last time I flew combat was in '99 at a field in Oconomowoc, WI. First round on Saturday my engine quit and in the process of dead sticking in, in order to avoid the furball, I turned 180 degrees downwind and went over some 15 foot-high bushes and my Ziggs Hellcat disappeared behind them. After the round was over, somebody told me there was a creek back there...sure enuf, the Hellcat was lying inverted in the center of the creek. When I pulled it out, about a quart of water drained out of it. Sheesh!

Took the soaked bird back to my sister-in-law's house in Madison and dried out everything, swabbing all of the printed circuit boards with alcohol. Checked it out and everything worked. Went back to Oconomowoc on Sunday and mid-aired in the first round....so much for bringing only one plane to a meet, 450 miles from home....

later,

Al