Men at work......

While at the Air Sho site this morning I met and had a good chat with these men at work from the Land Down Under. These Aussie aviation technicians were preparing a 1930's Russian airplane owned by a group in Austrailia. As I've said before, one of the real benefits of the air show is meeting people from parts far distant. And seemingly I've never met an Aussie I didn't get along with famously. These blokes from Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Alice Springs seemed overjoyed to be here and to learn a little bit about our dry desolate part of the earth. I think it reminded the guy from Alice Springs a little of home. We also had a nice conversation about my sister city of Coober Pedy and they were surprised to learn that I had even heard of it, much less that I am the local expert. Two of them had been there.....and opined that Coober Pedy is one of the world's more unique locales.

My mission at the Air Show site was to confirm that all my equipment was "good to go" and that all arrangements for it's use were in order. I'm worried now. Everything was in exactly the right spot, was in a high order of maintenance and all personnel were knowledgable about the timing and location of it's use. I was in the Army far to long to know that when all things are running this smoothly, something of an ill nature is about to happen. Stay tuned for more.....