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The last year has been... interesting. A couple of things are coming down the tube- the big one being whether or not I get a field training slot for AFROTC (Getting a field training slot is the turning point in ROTC. No field training slot == no ROTC, no scholarship, school gets becomes a heckuva lot harder to pay for). I should know about that sometime in March.
I did get clearance from Dad to sell the Focus, and I will be trying to get rid of that at the end of the school year. In the last year I haven't had much time at all to work on the Escort. Right now it sits with the engine next to it all taken apart. I honestly have been having trouble getting any motivation to go work on the car. My Dad doesn't oppose what I am doing with the car, but he doesn't have any passion for it either. We do have a mutual passion for aviation, and Dad has always wanted to build a plane. There is a particular plane, a Sonerai 2L, that we have looked at building before. Nice lines, originally designed for racing. Throw in a peppy little VW flat four and the right prop and you can see north of 200 mph in level flight, and burn maybe 5 gallons an hour at a 150-160 mph cruise.
Even though I won't be enough to work on the plane, Dad will be and it would be something we could work on together. In the end I would get the plane, since Dad is more interested in the build stage than the flight stage. He likes the plane he already has, but can't tinker on because of aviation rules. All that is good but the elephant in the room is the Escort. I can't have two projects. Both from the taking up space aspect and the trying to juggle two different major financial commitments. I am kind of at a loss of what to do. So, I am looking for thoughts- what would you do? Racecar or plane? Bonneville once a year or anywhere I want to go, whenever I feel like?
The last year has also made me value my family more. My sister lives in Texas. My Grandfather is in the early stages of alzheimers. Over the last year and a half I have spent less than three months at home, and some that I was the only one here. I don't know if I'll get much more chance to work on stuff with Dad, especially stuff that we both love equally.
I did get clearance from Dad to sell the Focus, and I will be trying to get rid of that at the end of the school year. In the last year I haven't had much time at all to work on the Escort. Right now it sits with the engine next to it all taken apart. I honestly have been having trouble getting any motivation to go work on the car. My Dad doesn't oppose what I am doing with the car, but he doesn't have any passion for it either. We do have a mutual passion for aviation, and Dad has always wanted to build a plane. There is a particular plane, a Sonerai 2L, that we have looked at building before. Nice lines, originally designed for racing. Throw in a peppy little VW flat four and the right prop and you can see north of 200 mph in level flight, and burn maybe 5 gallons an hour at a 150-160 mph cruise.
Even though I won't be enough to work on the plane, Dad will be and it would be something we could work on together. In the end I would get the plane, since Dad is more interested in the build stage than the flight stage. He likes the plane he already has, but can't tinker on because of aviation rules. All that is good but the elephant in the room is the Escort. I can't have two projects. Both from the taking up space aspect and the trying to juggle two different major financial commitments. I am kind of at a loss of what to do. So, I am looking for thoughts- what would you do? Racecar or plane? Bonneville once a year or anywhere I want to go, whenever I feel like?
The last year has also made me value my family more. My sister lives in Texas. My Grandfather is in the early stages of alzheimers. Over the last year and a half I have spent less than three months at home, and some that I was the only one here. I don't know if I'll get much more chance to work on stuff with Dad, especially stuff that we both love equally.
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