JP was keeping his distance but he invited me for a fly-over on July 25th and we met at his hangar up by Miramar
After Jim meticulously primed the pumps, we took off in his tin can
landed
took off again
(i think he needed to log hours)
and then cut his engine just to terrify me
before flying all over the greater San Diego
this was in pre-Google Earth days and was the only way to get terrain over-view
I was glad to put feet to ground though.