Beautiful weather today, but very quiet in the homebuilt section.
Caught up with the gentleman with the missing rivet - it is a school project and looked really good. We will let them off a single LP4-3
Watched Art Nalls display some superb British Sea Power in the Harrier, even though the announcer got it completely wrong and referred to it as an AV8-B more than once. That one is yours and was a great development from the SHAR, shame will got rid of all ours. There are still a bunch of them in Goa - India, see them in winter when we are down there.
Most excellent to catch up with Vince and Blake Frazier from Flyboys - good people and great products. Ordered my hydraulic Numatx squeezer at the show.
Caught up with Brad at P-Mag, yep, still waiting for certification
Watched a Titan Mustang fly round and round with one gear down and the other not. He went to Lakeland South and bellied it in - he is safe, airplane needs TLC. It was a B model with the BMW V-12 in it. Sounded nice in any case.
Business twin looked very sad on the grass, on one leg - either gear problem or departed the hard, don't know which.
Managed to leave before the Angels started, that is why I can still hear.......
Shame Matt Younkin wasn't there - caught Jim Pietsch yesterday, great display in the Bonanza.
Is it me or is SnF getting really quiet and run down ? Been going for 15 years and the last 2 have been a bit of a disappointment to be honest. They sure like to charge, but other than visiting the good people in the hangars, I am not sure what value we are getting.
I use it as a fact finding, touching base kind of show, so I get value, but if you were local, I am thinking you are getting a little short changed.
However, the smoke ring they blew this afternoon at the early part of the airshow was simply awesome.... Rose to a thousand feet or more - absolutely perfect.
Back to Blighty tomorrow, work on Thursday to.... Orlando !
Happy days