"I'm trying not to look, or act, like a 6-year-old on Christmas morning," says Kidd, an exuberant golf course designer from Scotland who lives in Bend, Oregon. "I know I'm doing a miserable job, but I just can't help it." At the appointed moment, the doorway to the hangar opens for the big reveal, and Kidd beholds an airplane whose paint scheme, colors, and interior details he and Dayer-Smith dreamed up but, until now, had only seen on computer screens. Now that it's a tangible reality, their once-distant plans for flying on business and adventure trips seem to have arrived, too. The hangar fills with Cirrus employees who come to wish them well, but Kidd seeks out one in particular: designer Alex Alequin, who mills quietly in the background.
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