Montblack wrote:

Me on the phone to Pops:
"No, I don't want to drop everything to go look at some old cars."
"They're Packards, 100's of them - mostly black."
"I'll reschedule my afternoon and be there in 20 minutes!"

I would reschedule too...

At The EAA Northwest Fly-in in Arlington WA a few years ago there was a
great display of classic cars and classic planes parked together. I was
captivated by the Packard parked by a Staggerwing. I had my digital
camera with me and I spent a long time trying to get the crowd to move
back so I could get a good photo.

http://www.ousterhout.net/gallery/p7080020.jpg
http://www.ousterhout.net/gallery/p7080022.jpg

Intending to exploit this beautiful sight, I returned very early the
next morning with my 35 mm camera (w/ 28mm wide angle lens) but alas,
the Packard was gone.

I made a print of the second photo and sent it to the EAA Photo contest
where it won an honorable mention (and a nice set of Canon compact
binoculars).

- John Ousterhout -