I had wondered that to after i soloed. The guy is just the best. He would always take time out to help me any way he could. I don't see him that much anymore because we fly on different days. I do usually see him at the LHS because he works there. We were talking one day and he mentioned he was doing some freeflight lately. He said he been looking for some .049 for his planes. I mentioned that i had an old TeeDee from years ago and wasn't sure it even still ran. He asked if he could buy it from me. I said i would dig it out of my garage and bring it in. About a week later i showed up with it in a ziplock bag where it had been for the last 15 years. It would not even turn over it was so gummed up. He said no problem he could fix it right up and be running in no time. He asked how much and i told "free". He really liked that and i felt a small portion of my debt to him was paid.

skeeter