This is just the beginning as the pictures start to come in. THERE'S MORE TO COME!

I flew down on Sunday after some horrible weather.  Even though the radar picture looked scary with reds and oranges, the numbers were good:  2500 overcast, 7 miles light rain.  So, I made it to Ocala, not even getting wet until the last 25 miles.  Monday and Tuesday were a little better, at least the rain stopped. 

Monday they had stopped spam can arrivals to Sun N Fun because of the standing water.  As it was, a lot of folks couldn't get through Georgia the prior weekend with the weather.  J's Bird flew Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Sunday morning we left about 0830 with J-man in the backseat.  By then the second or third cold front had pushed through and there was a headwind.  Stopping at X-35, Gunny Seiger's place (I gave him a ride in Red Nose at MCAS Beaufort a couple years ago), it was still a 3.1 total to get home.

There are so many pictures for this page, I did them all in "medium" and they link to a full blown picture if you click on it.

Laurie Arnold was entertainment for the NATA Clinic, you never sing like that for TRARON. Not even when Rick was Lead...

Matt helping to walk the wing when they moved J's Bird down the warbird line

The crew chief, J-man, takes the other side

Pretty hard to see, but Rick is leading me in a formation takeoff as 3 and 4 for the T6 flying on Saturday

Shot of me and the boys on the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's EA-6 Skyraider. Thanks Mike

And here's why the Skyraider shot is so cool. This is my Dad, their grandfather, circa 1953 -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class as plane captain of a similar bird on the USS Oriskany

Lots of things to see, these are the ballons early Saturday morning on the way in to the show

Mom in the sun and wind on top of the FAA Building and the reason we got to come -- Matt Hyle

Practicing for the Break at Ocala, gives you some idea of the weather issues -- by Arnie Angelici

Taxiing in on Bravo 2, gives you some idea of how tight ground ops were, by Arnie Angelici

Gintac oils up, see his website on the favorites page for rides and dual around Culpepper, VA -- by Arnie Angelici

T6 tails by my assistant crew chief Matt.

I thought it was tight in a T6, Dan Gryder taxis in the Herpa DC-3 to the warbird ramp -- Matt Hyle

Formation TO at Ocala by Arnie Angelici

A flight on the scheduling board -- Arnie's in the backseat of lead

Gear up on Takeoff by Arnie Angelici

Friday's 4-ship, there was only one other T6 up -- Arnie Angelici

Bob Wall brings a flight up initial on Tuesday's arrival at SNF -- Arnie Angelici

Todd taxis through the tiny little B2 throat to the warbird line -- Arnie Angelici

One of the Tim Savage/Midwest Texans rebuilts. Flown here by Rick and you can find out more at Tim's website -- Arnie Angelici

Nice shot of a Randolph bird on the wing, flown by GII and Mark Henley (of AeroShell) and you can see some of the weather issues around Ocala -- Arnie Angelici

About the best weather we had at Ocala the whole weekend -- Arnie Angelici

Some of the flight line at Ocala, mostly T28s and some Texans, alot more over his left shoulder -- Arnie Angelici

Another nice shot of GII's bird from the othe side -- Arnie Angelici

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