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   Iowa City, Iowa  52246
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Wednesday -- Cookout!

Wednesday was really the first day we could enjoy Oshkosh, having successfully completed most of the business portion of our stay.

It was also the night of our annual Rec.Aviation cookout at our campsite, which turned out wonderfully, thanks to the almost unbelievable efforts of Jim & Tami Burns, and our good friend Montblack.   Without their help and work, over 50 people would have shown up at our campsite expecting food, only to read a note saying "meet us at Friar Tuck's"!

Armed with a new 1 gigabyte memory card and an again-working digital camera, I was able to extensively document the day.  Here are a bunch of pix from Wednesday:

Bec & Jay test the new camera disk...

Bec & Joe with an immaculate Staggerwing...

The kids with SpaceShipOne...

Bec & Mary with the Airventure sign...

A cool 300 hp plane...

We re-took the main entrance pic, not knowing if the original had been lost...

Glacier Girl, at LAST came to Oshkosh!

Glacier Girl in a Heritage Flight...

Jay reflected in a stunning Spartan Executive...

Wow -- what a gorgeous plane!

Joe with a Russian Yak fighter...

The kids with "The Bomb" -- a pose they've done every year since birth...

Chris & Matt Blythe, all the way from England, poses with the gang!

Another shot of Chris and Matt...

The classic airshow start -- biplanes around parachutists...

A flight of four fly-over...

Global Flyer -- the solo 'round the world aircraft -- did a series of fly-bys...

Another pass...

The crowd was in awe...

What an amazing Airventure, with both Global Flyer and SpaceShipOne...

Joe & Mary watch the fly-bys...

A beautiful Lancair Columbia...

Mary checking out the scenery...

A beautifully polished Twin Beech...

Flitz must make millions selling polish at OSH...

A gorgeous row of Cessna 195s...

An amazing Stearman-to-Helicopter transfer...

Another view of the copter...

With the guy hanging on for dear life!

Tami, Jim & Montblack -- party organizers extraordinaire!

The tower from behind...

White Knight & SpaceShipOne...

Margy making a point...

The rec.aviation party...

Montblack gets the beer...

Dick & Jer/ with the sign they used to BS their way into the closed North 40!

Another shot of our intrepid group...

Eric, Blanche, Steve, John, Jim, Jim C, Brett...

A group photo caught many of the attendees....

Another view of the gang...

And one more for good measure...

Jack, Jim and Tami...

Jim Weir loads one of our bikes on his golf cart...

Do these guys look happy, or what?

Margy held the kiss, but the flash wouldn't flash!

Margy and others...

Montblack and GrillMeister Joe...

More of the party...

And more...

And more...

And still more -- chow time!

Jim, Tami and Montblack's yummy foods...

The shadows grew longer...

Montblack's PMC (Pimp My Cooler) was full all week!

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