By the way, the lights I use for gear indicator lights are part # SL-32115-4-BG 14V made by "Selecta Switch". I think the BG on the end is for the green ones and they also have red, blue, and gold I know for sure. I use blue for the up gear lights and green for the down. I look at it as blue for in the sky and blue water landings and green for grass or ground landings and operations. I get them from a company here in Dallas called Altex Electronics. You could check with your local electronics supply houses if you want to use them. Check with me if you can’t find them. 

TRIP TO SUN AND FUN 2000
The trip this year to Florida was a great success. After all the good magazine exposure we have had lately, and with the plane fully painted, the level of interest was very high indeed. We also had a new exhibit space this year. We got the corner that was previously occupied by the Air Adventure (Happy Miles). As you probably know, that program went down the tubes. This space is much larger than our previous space and we had plenty of room for the tent exhibit and the plane too! This location also has the advantage of being right at the corner by the gate to the flight line and we are able to take the plane in and out for demo rides and to fly in the fly-bys and the showcases very easily. Toni actually volunteered to be the security person on that gate for part of the week, so we actually had control of the gate itself. It all worked out very well. 

About 10 days before we were to leave for Florida, I was jolted by the news that our one employee whom we were depending on a great deal was quitting without notice. This was totally unexpected and meant that I had to get my truck and exhibit AND airplane to Florida virtually by myself! Well, I had begun to make plans to fly the plane down and fly back commercial to drive the truck down when a prior employee and friend, Pete Salas, came to my rescue and volunteered

We all formed up in a circle over Lake Parker within a window of about 10 or 15 minutes. Then the lead guy peeled off toward the field at the appropriate predetermined time to arrive at the field on time for the fly by there. Everyone was spaced out well as we went by the crowd and everyone told me it really looked good. After the fly by, I returned to the seaplane base, did another landing and takeoff and then a high speed pass and returned to the field. I was told by some folks that were there that our takeoffs were impressive. I had our new Director of Production, Sausha McInnis with me in the plane and as anyone that was there would tell you, we had no trouble getting on step or taking off. 
I flew quite a bit during the week and put a lot of landings and takeoffs on the plane. For what it’s worth, on the whole trip I didn’t once have a problem with the plane.

On Monday, we had the usual get together at Harold and Margaret Whorton’s house. The food was great as usual and every one went over Harold’s plane like bees on a honey pot. Harold had his Mazda engine stuck in the plane for show and tell and that certainly created a lot of conversation. John Talmadge had to leave Lakeland to go home to help with a battle he and some other residents there are having with the authorities over a large airport they are trying to decommission and turn