SAVE THE TA TA'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a copy of the note I just posted on my Facebook Page.  I'm apparently NOT saturated enough with other assorted hijinks, and now have chucked this into the pile.

I blabbed about this a few years ago, then the project stalled and got shoved back in the corner. Gonna try to "Make It Fly" this time, and have some people who are gonna hold my feet to the fire to get it done.

Besides, it's been a while since my friends started avoiding me for fear of my wanting money from them !
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SAVE THE TA TA'S !!!!!!

Since I have designated 2014 as "Get It Done Year", I've restarted work on a project that's about four years old.

A while back, a good friend of mine gave me an "ARF" Sailplane Kit. "ARF" stands for: "Almost Ready to Fly"...(though their owners sometimes have OTHER words to fill the acronym!)...meaning that the major components of the plane have already been built, with the owner responsible for "gluing the big stuff together" and installing the radio gear.

Everyone knows that I love sailplanes for their grace and stability, AND for their weird, otherworldly ability to stay in the sky long their engines have stop running. A very popular size of these planes is "2 Meter", or about 6 feet in span...hence the "2M" on the Explorer's wing.

I struck upon the idea of using the plane as a fundraiser, much like the "Little Travelers" did for St. Jude Hospital....this time doing it for the Breast Cancer Fundraisers that take place in October. Other projects pushed it to the back-burner, and it's collected a little dust.

I intend to now revive the project for this cause, and see how much money we can raise (like many of you, I've several friends who have battled--and continue to do so--this terrible disease). I'll shortly set up a Facebook Page for this deal, once we get more of it figured out.

Miss Beth's daughter, Madison, will be the director/coordinator, and the Think Tank for the Explorer Project.

Unlike my other sailplanes, Explorer will have landing gear and a throttled engine. The engine itself is a "Pink Panther .049" from my pal Bernie's company "Cox International". The throttle assembly is also from Bernie.

I'll be airbrushing some "Appropriate Pink" across the plane's wings and tail surfaces, where we may be having donors' autograph it with Sharpie Pens.

As I said, we're still making this up, and any ideas will be appreciated, and figure on having some fun while helping with this great cause.