Back from Oshkosk 2010

[Ned Gravel]

Well it was a great adventure.  IFR going (first time use of the ticket) and VFR coming home with friends in their Mooney (a C model of the same year).  Pictures are posted to the photo album. 

Loss of hard drive on 1 August resulted in loss all of the photos we took ourselves, but we will remember anyway.  Our other friends, Devon and Val posted a bunch of shots of their Osh adventure too (look in dmatsalla's photo album).

Highlights:

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• Great flight to Osh, via KANJ and KMNM
  
• gave Trey an old MOA tee shirt in exchange for a MAPA one.
  
• spent money on a yellow tagged GMA 340 to replace my Narco/NAT combo.
  
• listened to birds at night with my girl
  
• watched airshows every afternoon
  
• two dinners with Mooney drivers (first was our own crowd at Kodiak Jack's and the second was the MAPA groupies at Friar Tuck's)
  
• Got to meet Dave Keller and listen to him talk about his "impossible turn"
  
• Met Mitch and Jolie and watched Jolie give the first of her interviews
  
• Met Colin Bitterfield
  
• Met Eldon Gjesdal and the gang at the communications centre.
  
• Spent more money on Mooney paraphenalia
  
• Met more nice people (many of whom were not even Mooney drivers)
  
• Spent more money on partial panel covers, multi use ratchet, ICOM batteries, etc
  
• Helped push three or four other Mooney's into position, including our friend Susan's (see http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mooney-M-20E-Super/0425523/&sid=858a884871bd13e8c57551c01ef43e68)
  
• Flew home safe.
  

[mooneygirl]

It was so nice to meet you Ned, and we are happy to have made your "fun" list.  I have photos which I will get turned into a video soon!

[jezzie]

Great photo's Ned, I'm looking forward to getting my Mooney airborne. It was great meeting you and your wife, and looking forward to next year

Eldon

[FlyingAggie]

Ned,

It was nice meeting you and your wife. ILXLR8 and I came down Thursday afternoon to see your plane, which I thought was parked  among the Swifts in the vintage area, but you must have moved.

It was really cold turkey coming back to work on Monday after a great week of hourly fixes of aviation cocaine.

[Ned Gravel]

Quote: FlyingAggie

Ned,

I came down Thursday afternoon to see your plane, which I thought was parked  among the Swifts in the vintage area, but you must have moved.