A few years back EAA decided that anybody who was not a member of EAA was not allowed to come in to the convention. It was a sort of ‘getting back to the roots’ thing. They would of course sell you a trial membership at the gate, on top of the entrance ticket, but I think it did severley curtail gate receipts and was dropped the following year.

Oshkosh still has the ‘fly-in’ feel in the early part of the week, at least in the warbird area. But by the weekend it is a different place. Last year most of our Mustangs had left by 9.00am on the Saturday.

I go on reported figures !. You counted them all maybe ?

Sorry Gary – I forgot the smilie. i was making a flippant remark about numbers, in other words, once you have over 10,000 aeroplanes on one field, who needs to count? 🙂

Absolutely Franck. I make no comment on where it may or may not appear this summer, simply that it is not yet ‘based in France near Dijon’.

Yes in other words “its not actually in France now!”

OK – I need to pay more attention then.

So – why was she banned. Always seemed very pleasant and helpful to me?

That leaves hundreds (less four) still out there somewhere!

Erm…PT879!

Well, later it was recovered and is now under restoration to fly ‘somewhere in England’.