Which colour leather did you go for? What are you getting put on the name plaque? Arn’t Sandy and Ivan Cambell unfeasibly lovely. Check out the “Our Clients” page of their website.
Now Acey Deucey has a lot of great memories for me (and the few people who arn’t unconcious before leaving). I think this year was the first that I missed it. Is it still fabulously crowded, noisey and aviation obsessed? Can you imagine that place in January!
First, I got the “old” style helmet, as white just wouldn’t do for my male ego. White does look smashing on you though, Janie. As for Sandy, well having her take my measurements was worth the price of admission. OK, seriously what impressed me the most was the noise reduction in just putting the thing on. As for the name plaque, well I’ve asked them to name my flight helmet to James, in memorium. JDK…RIP
Maybe it was the Acey Deucey that did James in. I mean, we had F-15 and F-16 guys going head to head in a, well, a sort of measurement contest, (Mach 2.15 clean, beat that you Viper wennie!) while the Tweet kids were totally lost (they’ll grow up in a few years or a deployment or two) while the rest of the crowd was lost in Jaeggerbombs and Bombing Runs. The night I made it to bed by 2am was a miracle. Hoot Gibson was there representing the Sea Fury, as well as yours truly.
Poor James, I’m afraid I didn’t really prepare him for the whole experience. Not quite like a twilight show at Old Warden.
I’ll be back in the UK before the end of the year, so hopefully we can get together and share our Oshkosh memories, as well as drink a toast to poor James; I knew him well…
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