rough draft of my book, "Have Goggles, Will Travel"

[Vytas K]

Oh Martha ... I am in Hawaii so I will miss your presentation, but I'd love to attend a later one ..:-) I am moving back to the mainland July 1st .. as there is a doctor shortage on the big island and I need to see a specialist .. I retired 2 1/2 years ago and have been spending 8 mos or so in Hawaii .. bought a place in Austin and lived there for a year ... hated it and sold and came back to Hawaii but now I have island fever and need to see a few docs sooo back to LA .. I'd love to see ya and see how you are doing ........... Vytas I am now the vagabond your were then ha ha ha
Hey I just found mention of me in previous posts ... me the biggest flirt .. me??? ah ... maybe back then I was ha ha ha ......... :-)

[AAC Cadet Leader]

Originally Posted by Vytas K

... I am now the vagabond your were then ha ha ha

well, good fer ya, vitas! hope to bump into you somewhere when you're back in the continental usa. great to hear from you!

and btw, thanks for planting the seed of the goodyear blimp and the spruce goose. they were two super highlights on my journey.

[AAC Cadet Leader]

three days ago, at the golden west eaa convention in marysville, ca, i gave my 1st slide show presentation, warming up for oshkosh. one of my original pilots, charles mueller (pictured in 1988 in post # 234 of this thread) attended along with his wife. it was so great to see him again and to meet her. she drove and he flew in to the airshow in his "new" 1931 great lakes biplane and they stayed an extra day just to see my presentation. i was really touched that he was wearing the silver air adventurers wing pin on his shirt that i gave him twenty years ago as my thank you for providing a leg of my journey. charles, if you're reading this, Thank You!

[AAC Cadet Leader]

just a little over a month 'til oshkosh airventure 2008 starts. i'm busy re-formatting two presentations from my slides. hope some of you can come to my forums. here's my schedule within their forums listings:

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration

[AAC Cadet Leader]

Johnny Miller, Gone West

[AAC Cadet Leader]

Originally Posted by backusstudio

It's going to be so hard to say goodbye to this amazing generation. The kids of the '60s and '70s (which I'm one of) are definitely not worthy to fill their shoes.

You're lucky to have known Mr. Miller, M.

mike,
most of johnny's generation passed away two to three decades ago. i remember one conversation when he said that he had outlived every doctor who ever gave him advice.

yes, i was very lucky to have known him.

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[backusstudio]

Very cool M! Looks like you got caught in a twister down there in north Texas!

[AAC Cadet Leader]

yes, michael,
dallas / fort worth was one of those areas where i was offered a series of rides by different pilots to see all the local airfields. it was a great, active flying community where all the pilots knew each other and many flew in for breakfast together on the weekends. there were a few places around the country like that. those were places where my cup runneth over with short hops in various antiques. lucky me!

[AAC Cadet Leader]

hi everybody,
i've been burning the midnight oil for several weeks on formatting my two slide presentations in time for my forums at oshkosh. i promise they'll be quite entertaining. if you're heading to Airventure 2008, please try to make it to one of them and be sure to say hi from a fellow "aerodromer."

here are the time and venue listings for my gigs :

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration


i might try to arrange a casual get-together w/ any interested to meet at the seaplane base on friday after the airshow @ 6 pm for a fun outing - it's a really cool place and they have free shuttles between it and whittman field every 30 mins (i think). and ardy and ed's burger stand is nearby - if it's still there - roller skating waitresses bring your food to your car.