New Years Eve

One night after working on the motor home I got the fire bowl out and gave it a test, it looked really nice when it got dark.  I found a place for it in the motor home basement storage and if it is cold New Years Day I will get it out.

We got the motor home all loaded Tuesday and went up to the Toledo field to possibly fly right after midnight.  I got the Dish set up and working after thirty minutes on the phone with Advanced Technical Support in the Philippines.  She was very nice and after three downloads the receiver started showing our programming.  I found she was in the Philippines when I wished her a Happy New Year and she said it was ten in the morning there in the Philippines.

I was going to fly after midnight for my first flight of 2020 with the Alienator.  I had grabbed it at the last moment just before we left.  It didn't have a receiver in it so I grabbed a spare from the shop.  Vera helped me get it bound to the transmitter and I did the programming this evening.  By 10:30 I was feeling pretty sleepy so I went out to fly it.  The battery turned out to be bad so it was a short flight.

The plane survived the landing in the field with only a broken prop.  Not long after this picture we headed to bed and listened to the fireworks going off in the area.