Took the day Thursday with my cousin Spencer to visit EAA Airventure 2005 in Oshkosh, WI. This was a special treat, since I knew Glacier Girl was going to be there. The P-38 Lightning was the first warbird I fell in love with, and it is partially responsible for my interest in aviation in general.

Started [...]

This weekend is the “official” open-house of Middleton Municiple Airport – Morey Field (C29). It started with a ribbon cutting yesterday, a Young Eagles event this morning, a hangar dance and dinner tonight, and our first EAA chapter fly-in Sunday morning.

I helped out at the Young Eagles event this morning, including checking several dozen kids [...]

I wrote way back at the beginning, almost a year ago, about how I got interested in aviation. It pretty much started with a fondness for the P38 Lightning, which led me to discover Flight Journal Magazine, and from there, development of my interest in WWII in general.

I’ve recently been reading Stephen Ambrose’ fascinating book [...]