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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Change of Plans

For the rest of the week, I was on cloud 9.  I had an article that everyone seemed to like that was already promised to be published in the Pittsburgh Space Command Newsletter as soon as we returned home, and I had an idea of what to do after that.  Granted, it wasn't an idea with a guaranteed positive outcome, but it was still a plan.



The rest of the week seemed to slip away.  As a family, we explored Tuscon a little bit at a time, enjoyed the local food, and took some great pictures along the way.  I didn't have many events that I was flying in at NARAM, so I found myself helping other competitors from my club and some of our friends from other clubs.  Zach and I kept talking about the article with our dads when no one else was really around and the Flying I-Beam Kids joined in occasionally as well.
Photo by Chris Taylor
Every year, the NAR helps a group of students from India to come to NARAM in order to build and fly rockets.  Since I really didn't plan on flying much, I decided to offer the vice president of the NAR, John H., my assistance on Thursday.  He almost immediately agreed since the group from India was flying a lot of models that day.  I had a lot of fun helping the crew from India and trying some of their snacks they brought along with them.  At the end of the day, they all got flown and John asked if I would be willing to help in the future.  I had a lot of fun, so I immediately agreed.

Friday night was the awards banquet.  NARAM was coming to an end.  I was excited to get home and start putting the wheels in motion to get my article out there for everyone to see.  The awards banquet seemed to go by quickly, and we began to socialize with our friends and say good bye until the next year.  John H. came over to thank me for my help and then he began talking to my dad.  I was sucked into another conversation, but when I looked back over awhile later, they were still talking.

When Dad and I finally made it back to the hotel room, he shut the door and handed me a business card.  I took it, thoroughly confused.  He looked at me and gave me a huge smile.  I looked down at the card in my hand, it was John's card.  I became even more confused.  Dad explained that he had been talking to John about "The B Division Problem".  John was getting worried that the problem was getting too big and no one seemed to know how to fix it.  No one on the board seemed to know what to do.  Dad had told him about my article and told him "What would you say if I told you that the kids are already coming up with ideas on how to fix it?"  Dad proceeded to tell him about my article.  John was interested.  The vice president of the NAR wanted to read my article!

Until next time, fly high, stay safe, and have fun!

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