(From Ben)

Well, here it is. Yesterday was the first time I got to start my engines. Wow! I've got four Saito 82a engines turning a 12-inch 3 blade prop. Each of the 4-stroke engines have a 16 oz. gas tank (that's a lot of fuel). Everything went well breaking the engines in. I'll probably taxi the plane again a few more times and then, hopefully, make the maiden flight this spring after we move to our new home. Now all I have left to do (I believe) is to make the machine guns coming off of the turrets and paint my pilots.

Happy Thanksgivoween

Since I didn't get any pictures of Thanksgiving, I thought it would be a nice time to post some Halloween pictures. We got to the Church for Trunk or Treat very early to make our homemade rootbeer. I brought dinner to eat there--mummies (hot dogs wrapped in croissants), witch fingers (carrots with almond "nails"), pumpkins (cut out of salsa tortillas and baked), and Wolf Blood (V8). The kids were not thrilled with the meal. They were, however, thrilled with the rootbeer and the candy that soon came!

Ben pulled out his Batman costume (which he made himself--he is very multi-talented), and I went along with the theme as the "She-Hulk." What a happy family!