Its like a soap opera...

So much was going on today at BMF! There was love and romance (pilots and planes, of course, geez...) and paradise won, paradise lost, tragedy and comedy... Yup, a regular soap opera (sorry, I can't stop crying...).

Jerry's new high speed, low drag look! Looks great!

The space my Stearman used to occupy.... (sniff...).

(More on that tragedy here).

Antonio and his Champ! He also got some time on the trainer with Ron.

Say hello to Vincent Keyhae! He visited with a used plane he bought from a previous owner who might have oversold its flight readiness. Ron helped him sort out "the piece of crap" Hobbico Nexstar. Ron, who has two, hates them both, but he knows the plane and was able to get Vincent's plane to function. Got too windy to test. Vincent also flew his foamie T-28 Trojan in some brisk winds and showed some sound airmanship. Welcome, Vincent! (You can see Jerry's beautiful Chaos under the table...)

Ron has repaired the Harrier 3D's leading edge after its runway excursion. He has new wings coming, but this will let him play until then!

Oh, sadness... Jerry's really wonderful Chaos dies when he experiences a "radio problem" and it ended up out by the road...

Jerry, gentleman that he is, took it in stride. He will likely have it airworthy after a couple weeks of swearing it off... :-)

Oh, what a day... Spent 3 packs on the Alpha 450 getting my confidence before I flew, and lost, my Eflite Stearman to a loss of orientation compounded by a newbie panic. Panic doesn't help... if the plane is dying, why panic, the worst that can happen is that it will still die. Easier said than done... Tomorrow, I'm having waffles after a good cry tonight.