A Belated Happy Birthday to Squiz!

It's funny, I was telling the guys that you had a Birthday coming up because I'd seen it mentioned on the forum the day before, but I didn't even realize that it was that day!

Happy 77th Squiz! May you continue to zoom more than you boom.

Squiz,

Happy Birthday. It's so nice to know someone is older than I am.

badfinger

Happy 77th!

Did Badfinger type that right, were these upsidedown 2s?

Still got it brother. Keep on flyin'

Happy Birthday Squiz, and many more.

Happy birthday young fella.

Thanks for your kind wishes Gents, I had a great day as a VIP at an RAAF air show (complete with WWII aircraft demos) followed by a couple of days staying at Devil's where we demolished quite a few bottles of wine. I am back home now and barely recovered but will certainly be fit for the weekend flying.

Squiz

I'm fairly certain my 77th isn't going to be quite as grand as all that!

Did you get any pictures at the show? What WWII birds did you see?

Sorry no pictures as I inadvertently left my camera behind. However, I should be able to get some from the photographers who were there.

I also slept in that morning due to jet lag and missed the dogfight between the Sopwith Pup and the F/A-18 Hornet and the Pup and the Tiger Moth. I also missed the Avro Cadet, the DH60 Gypsy, the Auster, the Moth Minor, the Stinson and the Beech Staggerwing. I also missed, as everybody else did, the flight of the Boxkite which was held very early in the morning when there was some lift in the air.

But I did see the the Hudson, Boomerang, Kittyhawk, Wirraway, Catalina, P51, Winjeel CT-4 Squirrels, Vampire and Hawk fly. After lunch there was our aerobatic team the Roulettes in PC 9s, the Kittyhawk, Spitfire, Mustang, C-47, Meteor, Sabre, Bird Dog, O-2A, Cessna 180, Iroquois, Caribou, F/A 18, Wedgetail, KC-30A, King Air, C-130, C-17, AP3-C and finally the F/A-18F Super Hornet.

Squiz

Holy cow.