Gary ~ What's The Plan For Diamond Lil ? 2006 and Beyond!

[phil65]

Congratulations Gary
I think Colonel Mosquito would be a good replacement for you

Phil

[Alan Brooks]

Hey guys, I would venture a guess that Gary is going to FIND an excuse to go out and get his hands dirty! Mr Austinizer, congrats and best of luck.... Very, very pleased to see that you are staying! Alan

[Tim Adams]

Here is a nice shot from OSH,

[Roger Cain]

And yet another from Nellis AFB.

[b17engineer]

Gary,

Please add my congratulations on your new job. I have enjoyed working with the past D.O.M.'s during Airsho, since 1990 and hope to keep things going under your supervision as well.

Rick Scarvie

p.s. If I thought my wife would move to Midland I would apply for the crew chief job.

[Dan K]

Belated congratulations, Gary, and much success with the new endeavor!

[JDK]

And may I add my congratulations Mr A, and add a public 'thank you' for your finding the time for another write up on the story. Appreciated it.

[retroaviation]

Thanks again, y'all. And to reconfirm, I will be getting my hands dirty still...only not quite as much as before. I'm looking forward to working with the various Units of the CAF to try to insure our fleet is safe to fly and more appealing to the eye. Hey, I'm a poet and didn't know it.

Gary

[Second Air Force]

Boss,

Don't quit your (new) day job to follow that poet thing.

[sgt hawk]

Good luck to you, and I hope things will be easier on you. I want to personally thank you for inspiring interest in this project for all of us. I know I have gained a more insightful appreaciation of what is involved in keeping these "old birds" in the air than I thought possible. This thread has kept us all involved for several months, and, the end result was unbeleivable. This was a labor of "Love" and it came across that way.
Keep em flying pard, there ain't many left!
Greg Hawkins
Woodstock, Ga

[mustangdriver]

Congrats Gary. Thank you for so much. Thank you for returning the B-24A to it's former glory, thank you for letting us all be a part of that with your updates, thank you for allowing our imput, thank you for putting our names on the guns, thank you for meeting up with me at Oshkosh, and so many other things. I hope you enjoy the new job, and I think that we are going to continue to see great things from you. Good Luck buddy.

[JohnH]

I echo all the others compliments Gary. And you (and Mark of course) will always be in the heart of me and my family for saving that PBY.

John

[muddyboots]

*dangles watch in front of Gary's eyes*

come to chico...you want to come to chico...

[Dan Newcomb]

Congratulations Gary!

I know I’m several days late with this and working on war birds makes me several dollars short! We are all looking forward to an official “state” visit by you to our wing in the future.

All the best,

Dan

[retroaviation]

We are all looking forward to an official “state” visit by you to our wing in the future.

And I very much look forward to it.

Gary