It has been an eventful month. The trip that I was dreading to Hawaii is now over. My brother finally was married or, as they say, MAUI’ED after a fifteen-year engagement.

I found some books which were really handy like “101 Things To Do in Maui/Oahu.” These books are filled with great little adventures that you can take. I found out that there was a Corsair in about 75 ft of ocean that you can dive on, but I didn’t get the chance. I also learned that Lindbergh was buried on the south edge of Maui. I didn’t get the chance to see that either, but you always want to leave some reason to come back again! Next time I go I’ll make sure that I make a better schedule that involves more aviation stuff.

I did take another helicopter ride around the island in an A-Star and was treated to very nice scenery. I rented a BMW motorcycle and toured around for a couple of days. I can understand why the motor would be a great choice for A/C conversion: first, it runs very smoothly, and second, it has a lot of torque. I was giving my nephew a ride on it. As we circled up in the parkade to put the bike away, I gave it full throttle and my nephew’s feet were pretty much in my armpits. Good thing, since he could have dismounted with a full-twisting backflip like Nadia Comăneci doing a lip stand dismount to score 9.4 from the Russian judge. All kidding aside, this seems like a great motor I will look at harder now.

My propeller is in, so I-KSR should be tearing up the skies shortly. Remember, the Poker Run is at the end of the month and will be using the south fields this spring: Vulcan, AJ Ranch, High River, Okotoks, etc. So please give the planes a good once-over to make sure all is well. Thanks to Ted for covering whilst I was gone. See you at the meeting.

Tail winds and no bumps.