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Re: Arrival Day at Flight Fest
Posted by Bob Swaddling on Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:46:11 AM
In reply top Arrival Day at Flight Fest posted by Mike Henniger on Fri Aug 22, 2003 07:39:02 PM
Hi Mike
I wish that I could get to Carp this weekend. I hope that the weather is great for the show. Can you send me a few pix of AU-J when you get a chance?
Cheers
Bob S.
: The day started out cool, and dark and grey. Yuck. As I
: was standing around waiting for the volunteer coordinators
: arrive I was chatting with a photographer from a well kno
: wn magazine. We chatted with each other for about 15 minu
: tes before we realized we both knew each other from WIX!
: I was talking to Richard Allnut!
:
: It wasn't long before the clouds gave way ot the sun and h
: eat we are more recently familiar with. Soon after the su
: n arrived there was another arrival, SL721! Now I was the
: re as a volunteer to help set-up, but as everthing was set
: -up in the days before, I was free to photograph at will f
: rom many different angles and close-ups. Great fun! :-)
:
: I was also able to get great shots of the CHAA Harvards an
: d Olivier's FW-149 when he arrived. Almost as soon as Oli
: vier arrived he gave me a tour of the FW, they we made a B
: -line for the B-25 Panchito. Again many unobstructed phot
: os from all anlges. Aaaaahhhhhhh....
:
: Looking forward to tomorrow. We should be able to get 4 W
: IX contributors together tomorrow, and look forward to som
: e great displays.
:
: Regards,
:
: Mike