Made it out early yesterday to watch three other fellows have the best part of the day, and I came back after I had new tires put on the car ($1100, WOW! How can that be!?). Got in a quick flight before the breeze started, and then helped Kelsey start his Giant Stik, after it had been hanger’ed for awhile. And, like it always happens, it ran at home but not at the field. Put on a show for the fellows when his throttle channel failed and he struggled to get the plane back on the runway with the engine stuck at fast idle, then had to taxi around trying to burn off fourteen once’s of fuel!
Not gonna’ happen, so I tried to catch it as he taxied by! I know what that looked like! Finally called out one of the younger fellows to do it! He took a dive, and missed once, and then jumped up and chased it down and grabbed it!! Kelsey ambled out to kill it, and all was well! Thanks for the help to save a very nice airplane from destruction! ’Westsider’s are the greatest!!!
First day I could find time to fly, so I took it! Kelsey met me out there, and after going over pre-flight (hot charge, linkages, radio function) we went at it. Had good luck, Kelsey didn't! Gas engine just wouldn't cooperate! So he did what everyone would... fly a 'back-up' plane. 
and lucky too!
