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Yesterday, at the invitation of the FBO, Leading Edge Aviation, I flew the BF9-2, "Unfinished Business", to the Logan, UT airport for their open house. I was parked with a freshly restored stock Stearman, and an older 450HP Stearman owned by the Commemorative Air Force, both from Heber, UT. Also parked with us were an AT-6/SNJ, T-28 Trojan, Chinese CJ-6, and a Yak 50. My brother flew in with his Cessna 120. I discovered a 1941 Monocoupe on the field, which was a very pleasant surprise, and got to visit with John Kerr, who built and owns a beautiful Hatz Classic powered by a Rotec R3600 radial. I had a great time, and the airplane got lots of attention.
The tough part of the day was keeping people from reaching in the cockpit and moving the controls around, and keeping kids from climbing on the wings and tail so their parents could take their pictures. I don't see that kind of behavior at the classic car shows, so what's up with the parents anyway? It seems okay to let your kids climb on or in someone's airplane, but not in/on someone's car!?
By the way, today is the 66th anniversary of D-Day, so thank a WWII vet. And thank all our other vets too. We owe them everything.
Danny
