Plane is still broke.

I wish I had more to report…but I don’t. Plane is still broke. Weather is getting better. Contest is going closer. Plane is still broke. Pockets aren’t getting any deeper. Plane is still broke.

The worst of it is that I have no control over this either. None. Zippo. Nada. I don’t think the camshaft has even been ordered yet. Its not a cheap fix so please don't take that as whining like an ingrate. Still, if you can find me a better way to take the sails out of something, I’m all ears.

I gave myself til the end of this week to wait until I seek an alternate option than wait-it-out. The question is still bogging me down: pay the $300/h for a Decathlon just to stay in it or fly my tail off once the plane is back up and running. There is of course one more option that I really don’t like.

I might have to skip the New England contest. Big might on this one but it is still a possibility. Here’s how I see this happening. If the part hasn’t been ordered yet then I will be looking at the end of next week at the earliest before I’ll be back in the air. That only leaves 4 weeks to prep and polish my flying. I’m competing to win, not embarrass myself.

The next opportunity to compete will be at the beginning of August in New Jersey at the Kathy Jaffe Challenge. This would give me another month to get prepped. I would also most likely skip Osh so that I can cram as much flying as I can in. Skipping Osh is a heartbreaker but I’m thinking that might have to happen this year. I would gain a week I would otherwise lose. Not just any week either, but the week right before the KJC.