We arrived to find the airshow already in progress. That's because I got it into my mind that it began at 4:00 instead of 3:00. So we completely missed Julie Clark's aerobatic show. Glenn didn't get to meet up with Bud Granley (who was there flying with his son Ross) after the show either, which was a shame because Bud gives great hugs.
Both our cameras are useless for taking fast action shots so I don't have any to post.
Above: A nice loop over the New Standard biplane - the same biplane Glenn and I rode in last time we were here. We no sooner arrived over by this plane than Glenn was behind the ticket booth. He says: "Can you believe it? I just went over to stand in the shade and the pilot said to sit down and hold the fort while he and his girlfriend wandered off for a coffee. Then I was suddenly inundated with folks wanting to go flying in the biplane. A girl asked me if it was safe and I told her the pilot would be sure to fly 'low and slow'! Both she and her husband got quite a kick out of that. By the time the pilot showed up I had a dozen customers ready to go!" 
We met Glenn's eldest son at the fly-in and he treated us to hamburgers, which were really good, followed by cold mango sherbet in the shade of his camper. It was hot but we were lucky that it wasn't blazing hot that day. Still, it was nice when the sun went down. What a lovely evening for a flight.
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