King Orange.

We went to Glen St. Mary, Fl for the King Orange contest I first heard about in the late 50's. It's been running every year for 63 years now. I had to go and see what it was all about. It used to be held in late December but after getting froze and wind blown every year they moved it to mid Sept. Even with the hurricane in the Carolina's there wasn't any wind and the temps reached into the mid 90's. I got a third place in profile stunt using my electric Pathfinder. On the second flight the outboard wing half broke off and that ended that. On my first flight on Sunday with the Hound Dog I scraped the ground on the wing over maneuver and stopped the engine. No damage though. The only thing wrong with the Pathfinder is the wing so I ordered a wing kit for it. It helped that I won a $50.00 gift certificate in the raffle to the place that made the kit.  It came in today.
  I painted the Jamison and the new plane with white dope as a base color. Today I sprayed some green trim and it looks like a flat color. That's it for dope and back to the Rustoleum.
  One of our neighbors put a push mower on the roadside with a sign that said Free. I grabbed it. Today I looked at it and started it. Lots of vibration. I removed the blade and found that it was installed wrong. i had to drill and tap the mount so the blade could be centered. It needs a new blade as the one that's in it now is bent and missing a washer. It runs smooth now.