Soooo grateful for Aimee and Brian Zubowski for letting me stay at their house so I could go to EAA Oshkosh. Brian had asked me what food I liked and I jokingly replied:- Chateaubriand BBQ meat (any kind) Pasta (any kind) Steak and kidney suet pudding with chips, peas and gravy So he expertly and tastily completed my list except for the last item. (I'll have to send him a pic of that when I get home!) The tasty BBQ pulled pork took 9 hours in his electric s...

Meet the DH Mosquito was a brilliant session with interviews investigating the restoration and flying of this iconic "Wooden Wonder". There were rumours that had the war dragged on, the USA would have employed Mossies to replace B17s as, on long sorties, they could carry same bomb load and do two trips per night and with only two crew. In the Q&A session I stood up and thanked the USA for helping us out in WWII resulting in much applause. It's how I found Da...

Here at EAA Airventures Oshkosh. Some very interesting drones on show at the innovations pavilion. I was tempted but the $1100 price tag and box size to carry home put me off. One mini 4" drone had virtual reality glasses for a pilots perspective. Only $400! Bargain! But my dollars stayed in my wallet. Paul Woolrich would have had a field day here.

So on 6th Sept 1962 a part of Sputnik IV crashed into this very spot. Wow!

After fixing the black water (wee and poo) pipe we chilled all day drinking beer and eating Brian's smoked pulled pork and coleslaw baps. Followed by calorie free cup cakes. Lovely.