Thanks to all for the welcome, and to Stickbuilder Bill for the new number (146). This is a little larger than my old number (68), and likely won't fit on the jersey as well, but I will wear it with pride on the now near-mythical WB T-shirt, should the oppourtunity present itself (make mine about 2-3x, or offensive line large...).

Bill, I understand from the roster that there is a WACO sisterhood as well. Let me explain my situation. I have a wife (nothing too remarkable there). My wife flies R/C (fairly rare). Like me, she is an ex-Pattern competitor (starting to get pretty rare). She has flown at 9 Nats, and when we retired from competition in 2003, she was competing very succesfully in Masters class (Ok, now that's pretty rare). She is an AMA Leader Member, an active Contest Director, a three-term president of our club, and a former NSRCA District VP. She flies everything I have in the hanger, and has her own DA-100 powered Yak 54.

She will no doubt fly this WACO I'm building, and fly it pretty darned well. She will, as time permits, help in the build. When I was vacillating between building a Bucker Jungmeister or this WACO, she picked the WACO. Joanie has always been one of the boys throughout our thirty years of modeling together.

And thus my dilemma. Is this pilot a candidate for WACO sisterhood, or is this actually another WACO brother in drag with some minor gender issues? We will accept your decision, Sir.

She is:

Joan Anastasio
AMA 1207

And I am outta here. Have to go drip glue on WACO parts.

Rick