Well written, Greg! My only regret is the date my company decided to visit over the 4th. I missed the banquet and meeting most of those really proud owners of "Coupes". George Frebert
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 17:39:22 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html __________________________________________________________________________ ______ 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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