Things got a little wild at Jim's RV party when Jeff Beckley started up his lightweight RC "vapor" airplane and began to buzz around our heads, narrowly missing some and downright plowing into others.  With fun like that, Brian decided he had to get one of those for himself.  So off to Hobby Haven he went and showed up with a $120 toy that weighs a mighty .4 oz... for its weight, it cost more than gold, but I guess that's normal compared to the cost of anything in the world of aviation.  Well, it seems to be worth it: Brian has been flying it around our hangar a lot and so far has landed it on the wing of the Pitts, crashed into the Flybaby's prop (twice), flew through the Stearman's flying wires, and just about decapitated (and really ticked off) the local praying mantis. 

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