SUN'n FUN 2011

[Jerry Winchester]

I just had to post what a colossal break we caught this past week. The Granvil Tracy inspired trip to Sun'nFun last year was so good we were ready for round two - even after Granvil's Jet Ranger smote the earth earlier in the year. Granvil has one of the most eclectic groups of friends you will ever run across and having prided myself as being no social recluse for sure, I bow to the master.

Anyway, we are making plans for this whole thing to happen when I have the nerve issue to end all problems and Mike, just being Mango Mike trying to stuff 20 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag finally calls in the dog and we red light the whole trip. Now I see all the photos and think about my freshly painted airplane ending up poked thru the top of someone's Prevost or P-51 and I think about how glad I am it's in the hanger and not on Falcon's claim list.

But I have no doubt the Prevosts will return to Lakeland, Granvil will find another chopper, the jerky I bought Kim will last another year and MangoMike will still be running high speed / no grease and the bag will be no less full.

[grantracy]

Eclectic is a nice word for odd.....you guys were sorely missed and notwithstanding the precursor to hurricane season; we managed to eke out a good time. Scariest thing was a DC3 sitting on the ramp facing east ended up in a field around 400 yards away on top of another plane ..facing west with minimal damage ...they surmise the only way it got there was to fly over all the other planes.The chopper hunt continues and could be getting close...if so I will publish an announcement. Looking forward to seeing you fellas next year or sooner...oh yeah ,Kim says mail the jerky.