Sorry we missed you, Dan. Sounds like a great time for an 8 -- or 80 --
year old!

It was a strange show. As always, we departed from Iowa City at 10 AM on
Sunday morning (this time leading a flight of nine aircraft -- a new record
for us), which (unless there's a hold) puts us in the N40 by noon. We were
parked within 100 yards of where we are always parked, which was a good
sign.

Then the floodgates opened, and the field filled to capacity by Monday
night. It was great! However, the expected "2nd Wave" of arrivals (that
comes in after you "early-mid-week-leavers" depart) never materialized. By
Thursday attendance was way down -- by the weekend, we were literally one of
three planes parked in an area where 60 planes were parked on Tuesday. It
may have been that big storm out East keeping people away? Dunno.

All in all, it was a MUCH better year than expected. Our pool party was a
complete blow-out, the flight up was terrific, and the Wednesday night North
40 party was very well attended. This was also the coolest OSH ever for
us -- we wore long pants and sweatshirts for the first time! I'll post pics
and video once I'm somewhat recovered at work. A week away usually means a
desk full of catastrophes to deal with!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
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