Just so everyone who is interested knows......there is a shortage of pilots for just about all types of Racing, locally and at the NATs.
Bill Bischoff flies for many entries other than himself. I am constantly amazed at his ability to do this, it takes stamina beyond belief and he has it. I entered Super Slow Rat and "flew" my plane two heats. I flew Mike Greb's ship two heats and a final. The temperature was mid-nineties, humidity really high, my brain was cooked. Billy B. flew probably ten times that amount, F2CN, Scale Race, Super Slow, Quickie Rat, BTR, Clown, for himself and many others.
The guys in the pits have it tough, also, in spades! I told Bill Lee if I failed to get the plane to him, just forget it. Of course, I got it to him, but hit him in the shin. And he ran and got it. Then, I hit him on takeoff a few times......don't ask me how, I don't know, remember, my brain was poached, it was hot!
3...2...1....GO! All three start at once, at the first half lap, Billy B has an announcement to make, "I have NO control, nothing." Pretty much bedlam ensues, I decide to go high, maybe stay out of the way, but Bill, with no control is pretty high, too, with a faster plane, so he is going underneath me. "What the **** are doing, Dale??!!", he asks. "Change hands!", says I. He has already reached around me, changes hands, everyone gets out of the way. In time, all three of us run out of fuel, Bill Lee's plane, perfectly balanced, lands safely, still no control, elevator locked in neutral.
Two questions:
What if we had thongs connecting our handles to our wrists? What if we had shutoffs?
It was fun, thanks to all,
dg