... can't complain to three days off courtesy of Canada's Civic holiday.

The IMAC National Scale Aerobatic Competition (RC planes) decended on our field for four days, effectively shutting us down for flying, but did bring lots of huge planes and excellent pilots to the area.

I spent a few hours Saturday taking pictures like this Sample shot (more here).

Monday holiday did allow some flying despite the weather. Oh, did I mention Ottawa has broken the record for the highest rainfall in summer since god was a small boy?

The rest of the weekend was spent building my Americas Cup yacht, ETNZ NZL-92 (weather appropriate hobby) which is progressing well.

Monday always see a few emails that amuse me, here is Tuesdays:

What's the point of a non-lethal crowd control solution?
http://www.break.com/index/giant-vortex-cannon-destroys-everything.html

If Religulous didn't convince you, perhaps this will...
http://www.thegodmovie.com/trailer.php

Isn't it amazing what makes headline news these days...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBBz-7PqJk

Hehe... way to go Ryan...
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2009/08/03/10351526-wenn-story.html

Uh-oh Stebbs... was it you that had a thing for Milla?
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2009/08/02/10345066-wenn-story.html

Cheers

Goose