In the beginning.....

I've always wanted to own my own airplane but just couldn't rationalize the expenses.  If I wanted to get somewhere, the airlines will always work out to be cheaper, especially with how little inter-island flying I do.  My dilemma was solved for me when Bob Carney gave me a damaged Schweizer 1-26!  It's cheap (no engine), fun and I don't have to justify the cost of getting from here to there since a glider is kind of limited to a few miles around the gliderport.  The machine's pretty beat up, and it'll be a few years before I  get her flying, but it's all about the journey, not the destination.