"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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Thank you.

Over the years I've been alternately baked and drowned at Abbotsford
shows - and several times, especially in the old days before they got
too snooty, utterly pleased and jaw-droppingly impressed.

I've only had the pleasure of going once. : ( It is a bit of a trek for me
to get there all the way from Winnipeg. Still, Expo 86 was taking place and
I found out that Concorde was going to be at Abbotsford as well as a SR-71.
I got an invite from friends who live there and I couldn't resist.

Do come visit the Puget Sound! The Museum of Flight is quite
impressive, and we have amazing things going on at Paine Field a few
miles north of town with the Paul Allen Flying Heritage Collection,
the upcoming William Sessions museum, and the Future of Flight Center.
And if you want to go a little farther from town, there are great
museums in other parts of Western Washington - Bellingham and Olympia
coming to mind off the top of my noggin.

Speaking of drowned at Abbotsford, here's a shot from 1992 when the
Ukrainians showed up with a pair of MiG-29s. It poured during the
morning, but dried up for the afternoon. Another year it deluged all
day, nothing flew and the cameras drowned...

Bob ^,,^

Thanks for that MiG-29 shot too! Very nice.

I'd love to go and visit. I have an invite to see my friends in Vancouver
probably in August. I don't know if it will happen....but I'd like to go.
I'd also love to make the hop over to Seattle and visit all these great
places you mentioned. If I do go, maybe we could meet up too.

Take care,

Nick