Larry should have joined us flying at (former) NAS Alameda yesterday, off the vast perfectly smooth concrete ramp by the seaplane lagoon. Light winds, bright sun, nothing interesting for background except the USS Hornet, San Francisco Bay, The Bay Bridge, and the City across the Bay. We could hold one heck of a contest here if the powers that be could be brought on board. We were flying electric only, and attracted no unwanted attention.
BTW Alameda is Jimmy Doolittle's home town, and the Tokyo Raiders were loaded onto the original Hornet right where we were flying yesterday and sailed out the Golden Gate for Tokyo on April 2, 1942.