Etcetera: Around the Field, Thursday

July 27, 2006

Around the Field, Thursday

My "Around the Field" column for Thursday:

"This is all my fault," she explains. "Years and years ago, I wanted to get him something unique for Christmas, so I went down to my little airport and got one of those demo flight certificates. So now, a pilot certificate and an airplane later..."
"It just keeps on escalating," he laughs.

After getting that gift, Dave jumped in with both feet. He learned how to fly after that Christmas, and came to Oshkosh that next summer. He hasn’t missed a year since, and now he’s thinking of building an RV-10.

"He gets ties for Christmas now. All that’s gonna do is cost me a new suit."