Mom did that alot...she was always his biggest supporter. I remember one year we had to go to Parker without him and he flew his biplane over on sat morning. the plan was for him to circle the pits and that was our que to meet him at the airport. He was racing that starduster at Reno that year, and when he got close, he raised the officials on the radio and they cleared the course. I remember being dumbfounded as he made a 2 way pass in that thing a few feet off the water...he got a certificate showing his 2 way average at almost 170 mph...I presume he still holds the kilo record in sport biplane...LOL