The Vivkers Vimy replica stopped in at Pioneer Airport before heading to Canada and then Newfoundland to re-create Alcock and Brown's first transatlantic crossing of 1919.
Janet sat in the Vimy cockpit. Incidentally the way to remember which person was the pilot and which was the navigator is "Alcock up fromnt and Brown behind"
We took a minibus down to Chicago on May 28th for USA vs England at Solider Field. It was the first time I've ever seen a full England International live. We cooked out and a seagull crapped on Gregg's bratwurst.
Claret4Blue off the Claretsmad message board saw my Burnley flag and came over for a beer. There was an amusing bloke from Wolverhampton who was good at swearing.
Soldier Field.
Found my ideal car!
This lovely Burnley flag cost me a large bedsheet, 3 tins of spray paint and lots of masking tape. Some bugger nicked it at the end of the game.
There was quite a good crowd of about 50,000 of which at least 2/3 were English
England fielded a very weak team but Kieron Richardson scored a loverly free kick on hs debut after 3 minutes, bagged another before halftime and we always looked like winners. USA pulled one back in the 2nd half - final score 2-1
The real action came in the car park afterwards.
Daniel flying the 210 up to Duluth in March
Inside the impressive Cirrus factory
One of the new build Me-262s at Arlington, WA.
The amazing Skeeter Carlson EAA#322 at his home near Spokane, WA where he keeps an array of interesting aeroplanes (including an original Thomas Morse Scout from WW1) tucked away in hangars like the one behind him here.
Reggie went off to a new family in March.
One last cuddle
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