That's actually a cool idea to build Ralph's plane as well, but one is plenty for me...Got too many others on in the que, as well as a couple in the repair hangar. Put yours up on fleabay around the end of april-early may...when most of the tax refunds are coming in. These Royal/Marutakas typically bring a good price.

No USAF here, I followed in the family tradition a little closer...ARMY Aviation! Grabbed a full ride military/academic scholarship out of high school and proceeded to a little school in your neck of the woods, NMMI down in Roswell. Another 18 mos at UNM before heading out west further and finally grad at Univ. N.C.-Charlotte. Ft Rucker, Ala after that for heli school and then maint test pilot school. My main AC was the Huey AH1 Cobra, but I was rated in the entire inventory due to the maint side.

Asked about the Coop 'cause I worked there for a while, then for Burnside Homes Const. Our reserve unit was In the Army-Navy reserve building at the Wyoming gate for KAFB.