Dan Dugan invited me to go to the Auburn airshow a couple of weeks ago. I had a great time. The first night during the diner/dance thing they had a zero airstrike. There was dudes there with guns firing. After a couple of passes Evan Wolfe went after them in the "WellCat". The next day was cool. I got to talk to all kinds of bigshots, and they were all very nice to me. The next day was awesome, thats about all I can say. I got to be an airshow dude and hang out in the pilot lounge, have chow served, whiz indoors, freebies, go over the barriers, man it was cool.
A couple of things I learned there (not all my time was wasted being a complete poser)
1. After a zillion questions and great patience by the cool guy I was talking to, the only way I'm getting a ride in the Corsair, is if I buy it. That's cool. Come on SuperLotto!
2. Comfortably Numb (My current favorite Mustang). She didn't have a name when she came from England. The guys were having a couple ten in Hollister one night and figured it'd either be "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Comfortably Numb". They chose Comfortably Numb. Great Choice. I always figured David Gilmore named her.
3. (I know I'm getting this partially wrong Alan) Zero gee and such in the T-28, why not? Well it seems that there's an arm in the oil sump, and it seems that a lot of the sumps have never been touched, ever. Well if the backside of it's dented, and the arm sticks, you're screwed. I probably got this wrong, but, when I grow up and am a bigshot T-28 driver, I'll make sure all oil things are undented, or just not pull zero gees.
Meeting everyone again was cool. My highlight was the cat who had the T-28A, with the two bladed prop. I think he said he got the prop from SE Asia somewhere via Australia. Beatiful paint! Beatiful plane!
Thanks Dan for having me out again. Evan, Nice freakin show. You guys did an awesome job. Besides everything else, I like the name, Thunder In The Sky.
Long winded enough, pictures.
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