i'm writing a book - right here!

[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!

[backusstudio]

Our generation may be racking up the miles, but we were good at being young while we were young.

[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

[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.

[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.

[backusstudio]

Originally Posted by AAC Cadet Leader

most of johnny's generation passed away two to three decades ago.

I guess that's true enough. My parents were 90 which is almost a half generation younger. It seems that since people are living so much longer (and even having kids later) we should call a "generation" more than 30 years.
"50 is the new 30", right?

[AAC Cadet Leader]

Originally Posted by backusstudio

"50 is the new 30", right?

indeed, it is!

[AAC Cadet Leader]