We got back Tue afternoon and have not had a chance to post up till now. As Jim said - the attendance was down probably due in part to the gas prices. Our fuel bill was $640!!! Ouch.

We had a very good time. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the DPD Academy, and helicopter operations. The wife and I finally got to meet Mike M. in person as well. It was good to put a face to the name finally.

There were five SSPs present and the public and show staff really seemed to enjoy seeing them and asking the usual 1000 questions. I and two others were fortuniate enough to receive awards.

Hector, I'm sorry that you were not able to make it, I was hoping to get to meet you. I look forward to seeing some more of you folks at future shows if any of us can afford gas in the future.

Gregg, Thanks ! and glad to hear you all had a blast....
We will meet up one of these days.:D

Roman,

Black Bird lives on...... my painter is fixing to bring her back to life this summer.....

Remember the plywood package tray???? the donor car fixed that....like a new one now !