This is it. Crunch time before the Shootout. Spent last night getting the Dalton cleaned up and checking every screw and linkage. Then I topped off the batteries and will deliver it over to my buddy ralph lang's house tonight so he cantake it to Tucson tomorrow with his plane. I'll be leaving Sunday with Twizlair... or "TWIZZY" as Max calls him... in the MAN VAN!

I was putting together a spare parts kit and managed to find out I have enough parts (minus engine) to setup another plane! So after the shootout, another build thread is ON!

Lastly, I'm bringing the...

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Dang it. At work, at the store... I can't get away from sick people. I'm trying very hard to avoid virus' this week. I just know I'll get it and be sick for the whole Shootout. Or, worse yet, get sick and give it to my wife or two month old son BEFORE I leave. Then they will be sick without help all week. That will fly like a lead balloon.

so, I'm drinking and Emergen-C everyday, washing my hands every 20 minutes and not touching doorknobs or key pads without pulling my sleeve down over my finger. ACK!

This madness never ends! One of my troops just came into...

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