Visited my dad last weekend, and he asked if I would go up in the attic to look for something. While there I found all of my old 1/2 A combat planes, TD .049's and even my old Goldberg buster with a fox .35. The last time I flew 1/2A combat was in the mid 80's at Strawberry Park in Houston. The memories flooded back. I took 2nd place at that contest when I beat Phil Cleveland.....ok I got lucky because he was very good....and me, not so good. But I had a very good pit guy....Tom Fluker Sr, who was my mentor in all things C/L. I'm pretty sure that trophy came from the pit. We flew quickie rat and Goldberg race at that contest and I think we placed in those as well.

Just ramblings from a has-been.....

Jim Ballard
Texas

Hi John,

You know what.....I think I will refinish that old buster and give that a try. I haven't picked up a handle in a long time! I've thought many times about getting back into it. I live out in the boonies now and people here don't even know what a model airplane is. Might be a challenge to find a place to fly. If I can, I bet I could talk my wife into holding on to it while I run out to the handle.