I'm sorry to report that based on the article below it looks like Jim won't be coming to the Gathering this year, although from a recent posting regarding finding his way to the Country Inn from the airport he clearly intended to.
They have his name as Charlie in the article . . . typical news reporting accuracy. I did the maiden flight of his extremely well-built KR last August (2009) and it was a joy to fly, and Jim and wife were a real pleasure to get to know. I stayed with them in their beautiful Cameron Park house while we did the flights and all I can say is the whole experience was a treasure. It doesn't look like the plane is that badly damaged and it looks like Jim is off the critical list, so maybe everything will get patched up. I'm shocked and saddened to see this happen. http://cbs13.com/local/injury.plane.crash.2.1893161.html Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ HR Certificate Online SHRM Approved Human resources Certificate Program. Learn More Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c81236f7d09b172f1bm04vuc