Saturday, April 16 — In at 6:30, morning and ramp as yesterday. Processed Inspire gallery reception picture; posted them to Facebook and received “rave-positive” feedback before I was even done posting all of them. Off to employer with BOX of donated history mags from which I culled aviation history-related articles. Worked very fast with tape and stapler and processed about 5/8s of the box. Owner and I got along fine. He brought lunch in for me from McDonald’s and even wrote me a paycheck. BOOM, back to the airport and BOOM over to a friend’s house to pick up more donated av history magazines. Back to airport at 5, unloaded all the boxes into office, bought a cold Mountain Dew and caught up with FaceBook and e-mail. Processed the magazines brought in today — Air & Space Smithsonian, Aeroplane Monthly, FlyPast until calling it a day. Went home at 8:30. Day rating: A
The Cessna T-41 pictured below was part of Mike George’s Air Combat Museum for a relatively short time before it went elsewhere. I had the pleasure of flying over to Decatur with Mike on a perfect flying day. For a fellow used to flying his incredible P-51D, it was a big change. All I remember about the trip was his expressed regret that it was so SLOW. ‘Twas a fine ride,
Abe Lincoln's Air Force 