> 1. Real Name and City/State.
My real name is William Douglas Sams, but if anybody calls me William, I'll kill 'em My parents called me Doug since the git-go, and that's how it's always been.

> 2. Local flying club.
I'm currently the NAR Section Advisor for the Dallas Area Rocket Society, www.dars.org

> 3. Year started flying.
1st time was either 69 or 70 - not sure which. But my first flight was on a Thanksgiving day. It was frickin' cold out in central Kentucky that day, and we couldn't make the 6V Electro-Launch light those blue-coated Astron ignitors for anything. My cousin finally got us into the air when he spotted the free sample of nichrome wire shipped with my starter set.

> 4. What you hope to gain from this experiment.
A pat on the back and the opportunity to buy some really neat stuff.

> 6. Your primary interest area (engines, rocket design, support, building, etc.)
Engines.

Doug