Drowsy

I spent most of Sunday sleeping.  I'm not sure I walked 1000 steps yesterday.  I was wiped out and I kept taking little naps.  Of course we "Fell Back", for the end of Daylight Saving Time, so we got an "extra" hour of sleep, and I was still wiped out.  In fact, I took a big ole nap this afternoon too, passed right out.  I'm wondering if I need to get back to the iron again.  So sluggish.

Two more checks came in for SMA Support, bringing us up to $6,055.00, which is really something.  A LOT of that came from my "imaginary" internet friends, too, another of whom just contacted an Elks chapter on our behalf for some funding he knows they have available.  I really appreciate all their efforts and support.  Without them, SMA Support would have had a pretty slim year. 

Apparently the parents had decided not to sue SMA Support, as I never got a letter for that entity.  I have not 'blocked' them from my posts on Facebook, and I see theirs.  I still hurt for their loss.  And I am still disappointed in their actions since.  I feel bad for her dad, our cousin Dave, who works with us every day and still doesn't know.  I don't feel like it's my place to tell him, at least not yet.

The guy I spent almost 50 hours with trying to get him to where he could solo his taildragger without incident, the guy I took a chance on when nobody else would, I learned today that his taildragger is pretty well totaled, but thank Goodness it wasn't with him in it.  He has a starter in that plane, but first you have to position the prop just right, then get in and do it.  He was positioning the prop when it fired off.  Either he had a hot mag/broken p-lead, or he had left the mags on, but he moved the prop, it started running, and ran into a hangar, hitting the prop, (thus the engine), the prop spinner, one wing is in bad shape, etc.  Fortunately he was not hurt, he was able to get out of the way.  But his plane, it's got...a lot to fix. I feel bad for him. I'm glad that it wasn't a flying accident.  I'd just told Steve that I was grateful he'd done a bunch of flying uneventfully in the last year since I signed him off, because it meant I wasn't off base giving him the chance.  THIS kind of thing, it can happen.  At least nobody was hurt.

I actually emailed Legend Cub and asked them why there's a "no spin" placard on it, when you can spin normal cubs.  They got back to me today, completely to my surprise, and said "Hi Laura,  Reason for the spin placard is to protect the company from liability.  The FAA is all about placards. Darin, Legend Cubs."  I can totally buy that, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't an actual, legit design reason that they *shouldn't* be spun.  The answer is no, there isn't.  Good to know.  You know, just in case.  I kind of want to see what that weird attitude indicator does if I go past 90 degrees.  ;)  

I only had one flight.  My next one canceled because he has a sinus infection.  Besides, the winds kicked up anyway.  Tomorrow morning I see if I can remember how to fly BOB and take it to Muncie for a VFR legal transponder check, and while it's doing that, I'm hauling 4 of us to breakfast over there.  Should be fun, as long as I remember how to operate the thing.  ;)