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Ottawa Business Bootstrap Awards

This morning (Feb 12, 2010), I had the pleasure of meeting up with many of my business friends at the Ottawa Bootstrap Awards.

This organized by OCRIBruce Firestone founder of theOttawa Senators Hockey Team and many more.

I met lots of new people and had a great time.

I was able to fly a Squirrel around the ballroom a bit. I always like to attend any social where there is a place to get some flying in.

Also in the pictures are Scott Annan (Network Hippo Inc), Brad Stewart (Adjoy), Tobias Lutke (Shopify), Lisa Larter (lisalarter.com), Treena Grevatt (betidings.com), Peter Fillmore (momentasystems.com), Matthew Firestone and Erin Blaskie (bsetc.ca)

Science Olympiad Plane

The Squirrel is a great inexpensive alternative for the Science Olympiad.

The squirrels performed very well at the Delta College Science Olympiad yesterday. Where it not for the walls in the very small gymnasium they placed us in, 30 – 40 second flights would have been the norm! Our flights met untimely interuptions while planes were still on the climb – exterior walls, basketball goals and divider curtains on virtually every flight. My stepson, Eric Jackson and his teammate both medaled for their efforts. We’re lobbying for a bigger venue next year so we can show what these planes can really do! Video didn’t turn out too well, however, I am including a couple of still pictures. Thanks so much for your fantastic design. We’ll be working hard to perfect our flying technique!

Response from Darcy: Wow! Thanks for the great pictures! By the way, you can make your Squirrel turn in a circle by adding an aileron: tips