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Good morning, Roy. Everybody else on the net here this morning. First off, we're still in a bit of a monsoon situation here, expecting some thunder showers today. Anyway, I would be happy to host you on down here. It's a unique opportunity because right now we're in a couple of former C-130 hangars, which is what we call our restoration hangar. So to be able to see this phase of the museum development is very rare. And so, again, we've got about 48 aircraft that are going through full restoration. They're stripped down to metal. They're primed, painted, and then putting the symbols back on and, of course, getting the cockpits all fixed up and everything. So it's just an amazing thing to see the metal shop, the wood shop, all the different aspects that go into preparing these aircraft for the new museum when it's built. And so apparently we're just getting ready to lay the pad for that, which is kind of pushing us a little bit in getting this biplane done because it's the first one that's going to go in. And we've got to be ready because there's a whole bunch of airplanes right behind us that have to be taken care of as well. But I hope you saw the pictures of the engine because I know you're a car guy and probably an airplane guy too. But the engine is coming together. Imagine a 100-year-old engine that we've powder coated and shined and polished and reassembled. It's nearly completely reassembled. And I will take a picture of that. So now the students are getting ready to build the stand for the engine, which now has to be able to hold this beautiful brass radiator and the propeller, which adds about a little bit over 100 pounds to the front of the engine. So they've got to be able to brace that nicely. And we're going to mix in some spruce with that to give it the feel of what it was like to be mounted actually in the fuselage there. So anyway, taking up too much time here. Come on down. We'd be happy to have you. We'll host you here. So with that, Glenn and Irvine K6 TJR, back to you, Ned.