Milton Shupe to be absent for about a week

[Islander]

Good afternoon all,

Just spoke with Milton a few minutes ago... he's asked me (I'm Eric Payne, one of the fellows who did some of the Howard 500 Beta-Testing) to advise you that he's changing his Internet Service Provider and as a result will be absent from the forums for a few days- perhaps a week or more depending on how long the switchover takes. Immediately after his Internet service is restored he'll let everyone know.

[Willy]

Thanks for the heads up!

[fliger747]

Thanks Eric, and also thanks for the thorough testing you do!

Regards: Tom...

[Islander]

If I get any updates from Milton I'll pass 'em on immediately.

Re the testing- when you're working with one of the finest groups of fellows out there- Milton, Scott and the other members of the team, testing is a lot of fun and it's an easy thing to spend some time doing it.

Not only is Milton a fine developer and well-organized team quarterback, he's a true gentleman and one helluva a fine fellow and I'm priveleged to call him a friend.

Albeit from a distance, I've been watching the A-26 with great interest- Conair Aviation of Abbotsford, B.C. used them for many years as forest fire suppression aircraft in this neck of the woods.

Hello to all at SOH:wavey:... hopefully Spring is arriving in your respective parts of the globe.

[PilatusTurbo]

I must second all that Islander has said, I've had the privilege of working on a few of Milton and Team's projects. Top notch people and projects. :ernae:

[Milton Shupe]

Howdy folks :)

Just got a temporary dial up service to hold me until the 13th when my broadband connection is due.

Hang in there and I apologize for my interrupted access.

Oh, and thanks for those warm comments above. :-)

And Islander, no, you cannot have a raise. hehe

[Islander]

What?... no more bribes??:costumes:

[MudMarine]

Dail up.......I remember dail up. I had that back when you had to rub sticks together to start a fire!!:costumes: Good to hear that your back online MS! S/F MudMarine

[Milton Shupe]

{Sigh} Back to a decent connect speed now ... and over two bouts with URI and a head cold. Jeesh! Almost starting to feel human again.

I think Bomber_12th intends to complete the paint kit by the weekend and when done, we'll make it available. He has been wrestling with finals and finishing up another project I believe. Once we have a paint kit available, I'll also make a test model available to repainters to give you a head start on testing. It will be available as a link with the paint kit.

Real_Old_Salt and I have both been under the wx and the break was well timed I guess. Not much more to do on things so we hope to get the beta cranking before long. Hopefully we can leave out a few things for you folks to find. :costumes:

[Daveroo]

to be honest..id rather you finsih the thing and get on with it..but im sure the beta tester want some play time too...lol...i just wanta fly it...LOL