Above all else, Coupedom owes Robert Swanson, his lovely wife Sheila, and Betsy Weick a great debt of gratitude for putting together the College Park event. Robert ran himself ragged to make everything come off as smoothly as possible, and to make it a rich experience at a very affordable price. He succeeded beyond wildest imaginings. As I type this, I'm proud to say that Robert is my EOC director. I can't imagine a more capable and dedicated leader.
The CGS staff were wonderful, too. Made us feel completely welcome. This is THE place to land when visiting the DC area by small airplane. I flew down in the right seat of Leslie's beautiful N161LH 'Flying Colors' Alon, doing navigator duty for ourselves and 'flight leader' Pete Hogan. The weather gods gave us what was arguably the best flying day of Y2K. Discretion being the better part of valor, we broke formation at the WOOLY intersection so as not to arrive at a strange airport in loose formation. We arrived at a 'Fiddler's Green' of Ercoupedom, with around forty planes on the field at mid-day Thursday. I was struck by just how good most of these coupes were. The 'average' Ercoupe at the fly-in was far better than most of the planes you see at any GA airport in the US. The best 1/3 were nothing short of amazing. Then there are planes like Syd Cohen's and George Frebert's, which are nearly beyond belief. And the Coupers themselves! Rarely have I encountered such an upbeat, spirited bunch of wonderful lunatics gathered in one place. It was great to, at least for a few days, feel a part of a majority rather than part of a denigrated minority. It was terrific to meet Syd, Percy, Maynard, George, Percy, Ed, and a host of the other list members face-to-face. The ERCO factory tour and the Garber Facility (Smithsonion) tour were real triumphs, and well worth while. Especially the latter, I thought. We got smart, and took the last day of good weather to get home to New Jersey and Connecticut on Sunday. It's well we did, as the weather here in NJ this morning was haze, haze, and more haze, followed by haze, followed by rain. It was a good time, indeed. Greg __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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