Steve Nelson wrote:
Mudge wrote:
Someone, a couple of pages ago, asked if the Mossie was still gonna' be at Geneseo. Does anyone know for sure. That's the only reason we were going. If it's not there, were not there.
Mudge the hopeful
Ditto for me and Thunder. If the Mossie and 262 are scratched, I'll probably give it a miss.
Sure glad we went to Hamilton! It was woth it, even though we nearly got killed when a tractor-trailer ran us into the ditch on the way home.
Whatever the reasons for the current situation, I'm grateful to Mr. Yagen for all he's done to keep so many warbirds in the skies. Back in 2008, the IPMS (the model airplane
s) National Convention was in VA Beach, and Mr. Yagen hosted a BBQ for us at MAM, and gave us free reign of the hangars for the evening. He even took a few people up in his Stearman. I was hoping for a similar party when the convention is in Hampton next year, but it looks like that won't be happening.
At the end of the evening, the guys presented Mr. Yagen with a model of his P-51 as a "Thank You" gift.
I took one of my all-time favorite warbird photos that evening..I didn't realize how prophetic it would turn out to be.
Steve the heavy hearted.
Hey, I'm in the front of that Stearman in that shot! (TRUE STORY)
Steve, I was out at the museum yesterday, and things aren't as bad as people are making it sound at the moment. It's not ideal, no, and there will be some significant absences in the collection starting with Chuckie and the JG 1 Fw 190 (two of my absolute favorites), but I've already told the other folks on the Contest Committee not to start canceling any tours for next year's Nationals. Things are still in a state of flux, so let's give it a week or two to let things shake out before we start burying the Military Aviation Museum and it's fantastic, highly capable staff, ok?
And like I said before: Listen to Craig Q. He's the guy who led the FM-2 restoration team... if he says don't count them out, then don't do it!
Lynn
PS: I'm still gonna miss Chuckie, though. At least my daughter and I got to say goodbye and wish her well yesterday.