The evening before departure we had a briefing and then a wonderful dinner at Marilyn Taylor's assisted/indepent living home. A great time was had by all We watched Andrew King in his latest film, "Barnstormers" and engaged in a lot of hangar flying! Photo's courtesy of Shelly Fritzler
Briefing with the gang
Gen. Titus and Art Annecharico
DVII Pilot Dan Murray, Gen. Titus and ground support crewman Chuck Garten
WWII pilot Chuck Holmes, DVIII pilot Andrew King, Champ pilot and air-to-air photographer Ryan Lunde(ChampionAirPhotos.com), ground crewman Gerry Coe andFrontier pilot/DVII pilot Mark Beam.
The morning greeted us with sunshine and perfect weather for takeoff!! Mayor Pontius of Hudson was present along with Board of Trustee members Barb, Judy, Linnette, Tammy and Bob. Making a welcomed visit was Rocky's Auto owners Dave Rothrock and his son John Rothrock, Vice President Rodger Maxson, director of marketing Sergio Saenz and none other than Shaggy himself, Ron Vigil! Mike and Steve of Berkenkotter Motoros joined us as well and lent their support. We really have to applaud them for taking the initiative of donating 2 vans for our trip at aboslutely no cost to the foundation. There was a good showing of townsfolk and our good friends AnnaMarie and Gen. Bob Titus came and showed their support!
Our first stop was Yuma, Colorado and out to greet the aircraft was the Chance family! Photo courtesy of Russ Wiltse
Weather in Yuma was sunny, but the wind was kicking up a bit.
NEXT stop: Oakley, Kansas!
Landed at Oakley around 2:15pm. Beautiful weather for interviews with the local paper! Photo's courtesy of Russ Wiltse
Stay tuned....more to come!!!
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