Hey Todd I too owe so much to my father. He passed his passion for this sport off on me. I lost him about 6 years ago. We were extremely close and shared something special. I know so many guys that are in the sport today because of their fathers. He built my planes in the 60's and 70's and I flew them. It was a perfect match.
It's cool that your brother is building a Mach1. I had the 2nd Mach 1 ever built. We flew with Norm Page. I also had one of only 3 Mach 3's that were ever built. I hope you can get some pics of it when it's done.
I'll be sure to get down south for a couple of contests next summer. Mike