I like my Mercedes...absolutely the best customer service I have ever seen and I'll gladly pay extra for that.

I used to fly for Rosie O'Gradys Flying Cirkus in Orlando Fl back in the early 90's doing skywriting and airshows in Super Stearmans and Agcat bipes and the occasional stint in the odd Extra 300 or Cap232. I got my aerobatic training from Mike Goulian in an Extra 300 and Cap232. I've been lucky enough to have Col Joe Kittinger as my inital instructor in the mid 80's and also did a lot for the Make a Wish foundation out of Orl Exec Airport

We got into a thing with the FBO there where I had a 182 converted to handle wheelchairs and would take the kids on low and slow flights for what was supposed to be 15 minutes but depending on the kid, sometimes it lasted for an hour at a time. I have to tell you that out of all I did in full scale and so far in RC, working with those kids was the best thing I have ever done. They gave me so much joy just by hanging out with them. I was a part time limo drive during that time so I got to meet a lot of them. We never got paid for what we did but just seeing them enjoy themsleves and knowing what they were in for was just the most amazing thing I have ever been a part of

I was diagnosed with thin walled arteries going into my heart at 40 years old after a heart attack and mild stroke so that blew my medical out so I have not been PIC for a long time. I never did any line flying, thank god...that woul have4 drove me nuts