Feeling more like a groupie for a band, rather than a volunteer/amateur historian, we at the CASC have been very fortunate to have been allowed to set up a table at the Collings Foundation stops here in Connecticut. Our little booth was well represented on Saturday and Sunday at Oxford, gaining some donations and mainly getting the word out to the locals that there is ANOTHER air-museum in Connecticut. Sunday also happened to be my birthday and I organized a small private flight with one of the newer volunteers at our museum.
Sooner than you could say Piper Aero we were airborne and flying!
Ben was most accommodating with having my girlfriend and myself go up for an hour and a half, and letting us get a more interesting view of Connecticut. The fun part was that Devin didn't know she was going on a plane ride until 5 minutes before!
You can still kind of see the fear and apprehension in her eyes!
Caught in a steep bank.
Ahhhhhhh, good ole Connecticut. Takes you like twenty minutes to fly right through it!
My Good side.
After the flight and a little later in the day (In between sessions behind the museum table, spreading the word about our museum)
Doing my part to recreate a little history.
And of course the lovely Miss Lawless. My 2 favorite things in the world in the same picture!
Then a little later I was whisked away aboard the greatest bomber the world had ever seen!
Grandfathers office, 60 years ago. Wonder what he was thinking?
The somewhat spacious nose.
That's is for now, Sorry I wasn't more pic heavy on the B-17 and P-51. Thanks to JimH for that amazing little excursion when the light was just right! As far as continuing to follow the Collings Foundation on to Groton is still up in the air. Driving wise the airport is about an hour and 15min away and we don't know if that's going to be worth it. Still the members at the CASC are very grateful to the Collings Foundation for letting us set up a table and inform the public about our little dysfunctional museum.
As always Keep Em' Flying,
Christopher
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