Uh Oh Where Did You Go?

My absence from writing can only be explained by digging into things that I am not quite ready to get into just yet.  Rest assured that when the time is right I’ll discuss the goings on other than what I’m going to describe for you in 3….2….1…

The good news as of late was that I bit the bullet and got over whatever hang up I had with the actual flying.  I’ve gone up twice in the past week and worked solely on landings and crosswinds.  Sure enough, I wasn’t moving my eyes far enough out which made me flinch a little bit coming into land.  A bad setup only leads to a bad landing. 

I was going to go up two days ago to get into the acro swing of things.  I picked up my parachute and PWANG….the damn thing unleashed itself when I started to walk to the airplane.  There is a giant spring that pops the a drag chute out.  Well a pin came unlodged (something you check before you strap in.  I just hadn’t gotten to that yet.) and the whole thing came out right there in the hangar.  Suffice to say I didn’t go do any upside downy stuff that day.  Now of course I have to go and get the chute repacked this weekend.  This is all good and fine as it was due for a repack anyway.  Chutes are required to be repacked every 180 days.  This will run me about $100. 

The other big news was I had a chance encounter with the organizers of the Rhode Island Airshow.  Each year the school I manage sets up a tent, pays a giant fee to the airshow and spends the whole weekend trying to recruit students.  I ended up spending a half hour on the phone with the organizer just talking shop.  I took the opportunity to volunteer my time (I do have a background in event planning from the music biz days) and help out.  This in turn lead to a conversation about going to ICAS with them in December.  Holy grail contact?  Maybe.  I am historically horrible at maintaining these types of contacts but I have to keep up with this one.  He is predictably swamped but I have to stay on it. 

The other big thing that just happened was I realized I can sign up with ICAS on their website for free.  Nada.  ZILCH.  This gives me access to every performer, organizer, support provider possible as well as legal info, contracts, waivers and forms.  You know what this means?  A deluge of emails are about to hit my outbox.  I want to talk to everyone.  That means you if you are reading this and are associated with the biz.  It’s what I want to do!