I have been priveleged enough to have seen both Jim's and Mike L's Red white and blue specials. Both of those guys have been very kind to me in answering a ton of my goofy questions even when I notice something they didn't intend for me to see.
In my humble opinion Jim is one of the true ambassadors of RC modeling and a success story of how little airplanes can impact someones life.
Did you ever write the article on props? pm me if you did.