Good morning, Irish.

Truly a bummer. Sad day, for sure. Those are the tough ones. I've never flown over water, or flown a float, but have a strong desire to build one that I've admired for some time now.. one of those with the pusher engines on a pod over the fuselage type planes. I don't remember the name, but I have one on my wish list at Tower and will get it sooner or later.

We're in Massachusetts, headed home today. Mom's 92nd birthday, Julie's 62nd.. so we came up here to spend some time with my Mom and brother and family. Had a great weekend. Now, it's a short breakfast (cerial, banana, toast, coffee, OJ) then on to the airport to fly back to Philadelphia then drive home to the shore. England on Wednesday for work for about two or three weeks, then upon return, laundry, re-pack, then Julie and I are headed to Salzburg, Austria to visit with her brother. Should be a fun month and a very busy one. No stick time, unfortunately, unless the guys in the UK are flying.. I may head over to their field and see what's going on, visit with old friends, and maybe.. just maybe, get a few moments of stick time... only if they are flying with aileron/elevator are on the right stick that is.. ha..

I will have my PC handy so I will be on RCU as often as time permits... but the 5 hour time difference will have me on at different times. The UK hotel, Marriott Cheshunt, is a B&B type of place with a really great breakfast!!! I'll let you know the daily fare!!!

Back on subject so no one accuses us of hijacking this thread... When soldering, allow enough solder to flow into the clevis and coat the rod with a slight amount on the outside but not enough to form a drop shape on the bottom. If you do it right, fast enough to prevent it from cooling quickly and making a cold joint, but slow enough to allow it to flow into the joint completely. You can 'wash' the rosin off with alcohol after you are done.

CGr.