And, in what was certainly the coolest departure of the week, the Air
Force C-17 cargo plane was forced to depart on Rwy 27, right over our
tent. He only used half the runway, but it was awesome to have a
plane that size fly over, and the gang - by now firmly ensconced in
"Cocktail Hour" - cheered as he flew over.


Jay,

I saw the C-17 depart as I was waiting to take a bus back from the
Charcoal pit to go see Apollo 13. Mike and I were invited to the
Kitfox dinner at the Charcoal pit since we flew into Osh in a Kitfox.

We tried to find the HOPS party on Wednesday, but they closed the
locator building just as we got to the bus stop, so we looked for a
sign from the bus but weren't sure which group of revelers we saw were
you.

Dean Wilkinson
AeroLEDs LLC
www.aeroleds.com