September 2nd

I spoke to Vince about my engine woes, and he thinks the problem could be the carbs - Danny's had a problem where the pin through the floats has ovalled, and it's caused the floats to stick down, to the point where they flood and gas pisses out of the carbs.  He thinks the reverse could be true here, with the floats sticking up, so the "I've run out of fuel" feeling could be me running out of fuel, rather than a partial seizure.  He's going to fly over to Lincoln and pick up my new spare carbs to see about cleaning them out for use.