Pool Party!
Our Third Annual Fly-In Pool Party was a roaring success, thanks to good VFR weather overhead, bad VFR weather to the east, and temperatures approaching 100 degrees. For once, the pool was more than a pretty back-drop, and EVERYONE was in the pool!
Because it's designed for pilots en route to OSH (as well as overnight guests), we started cooking at noon -- and didn't stop till 8 PM that night! With a steady trickle of drop-ins throughout the day, and a pretty good dinner crowd, we ended up making many shuttle runs to the airport, ultimately serving dozens of pilots and guests.
Best of all, we got to see John Osterhout and Jim Weir do a DOUBLE cannon-ball into the pool! (And, yes, we DID have to add water the next day...)
Here are some pix from the day:
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A beautiful Globe Swift, flown in by an Aussie...
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What a gorgeous plane...
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Bill & Kim, local flight instructors, stay in the shade...
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Blanche & Jim discussing weighty matters...
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Dropping off another happy couple at the airport...
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A group of "transient" pilots, just stopping by for lunch...
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Edwin & Jim...
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Edwin's newly overhauled engine presented a minor oil leak...
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Enjoying the pool!
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An award winning Cherokee 6...
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Jay working two grills -- with frequent dips in the pool to cool down!
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Moving the Maule...
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Jim & Edwin working on the oil leak...
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Jim with his gorgeous 182...
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Jim & Gail's beautiful straight-tailed 182 on the ramp...
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Jim & Gail with their pretty bird...
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Jim & John prepare for launch...
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Jim & John in mid-air!
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They survived the fall...
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And raise their hands in victory! (We had to add water the next day -- no kidding!)
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Jim Weir pontificates about life...
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And then cools down with Mary and Becca....
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Stella, Steve, Blanche & Jim...
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John goes airborne, while Stella gasps in horror!
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John hits, Stella ducks!
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Stella keeps cool...
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Steve & Jack Allison, all the way from California...
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Steve, Edwin, Jim & John...
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Time to eat!
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Folks working the buffet line...
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Here are a bunch of photos that John Osterhout took at the party:
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Jack & Steve...
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Making a big splash!
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Blanche is captivated by the conversation...
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Charles & Jay at poolside...
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Jay is up to no good...
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Jim & Kelly...
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Jim Weir looks GOOD in bunny ears...
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John & Jim...
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John & Jim solve all the world's problems...
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John looks better with beer, no?
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Steve and Blanche's guests...
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Go to Sunday's pix
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