What a great weekend!
Great friends, great beer, great food, and great airplanes! The only thing
that could have made it better, for our family, would have been if we could
have flown, but the Aztec had just returned the prior evening from a 7 day
trip. Without a thorough post flight and pre fight, I wouldn't have been
comfortable just jumping in and going. Besides, driving gave us a ground
vehicle and air-conditioning!

This is the second year in a row that we've attended the Milwaukee Airshow,
and the second year in a row that the temperatures make you wonder if you've
lost your mind. But at least this year there was the occasional breeze and
the occasional well tanned bikini clad roller blader made things bearable.
This morning we can each can see the spots that we missed with the
sunscreen. It looks like my wife took a hot iron to my right elbow.

I'd forgotten to print out the airshow lineup, so we were forced to figure
out the acts by prior knowledge. One act that none of us had seen before was
Sean D. Tucker in a Columbia doing things, well, that I'm sure no other
Columbia pilot has done with his airplane. Truly amazing, as was his
performance in the Challenger. Thanks again goes to Viperdoc for filling us
in on just what we had witnessed.

And that Viperdoc hanger! Wow. Every pilot's dream. A pretty tempting way
to go seriously in debt!

Thanks Jay & Mary, we had a blast. Thanks Viperdoc for your graciousness
and hospitality, I'm sure that Jay's Atlas retained an AMU or two due to
your beautiful hanger.

What a great forerunner to OSH! I'm sure we'll do it again next year!
Jim