Well after a little time out for an engine rebuild I finally got back
 into the air again. Tonight's flight was 1 hour and absolutely no problems
 at all. I wasn't planning on flying again until I installed my transponder
 due to an incredible amount of water bomber traffic at our strip, but the
 damned thing is still somewhere between Australia and here. They were
 extremely aggressive at attacking the fires so that when we had some
 moderately heavy rain these last 2 days they gained complete control and
 this morning declared them 100% contained. So this evening was eerily quite
 up at the airport, just begging for me to go flying... so we did.
     It sure was good to get back up there again. Tomorrow should be more of
 the same so I hope to get some good tests done and have more to report.
 S. Todd Bartrim
 Turbo 13B RV-9Endurance
 C-FSTB
 http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm
 
    "Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe in,
 Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass".