Hi, Graham and everyone!
Thomas DID reach US territory! As a matter of fact, he arrived in time for
the Europa gathering at Oshkosh on Saturday evening! He arrived sometime
late afternoon and spoke a few words of his trip so far. Absolutely
fascinating!
He was looking a little tired, of course, but in excellent spirits and
commented that on his "earth to the moon and back trip" that he had "just
reached the moon" by arriving at Oshkosh.
The weather was pretty crummy, being mostly overcast and windy all day.
Towards the afternoon it cleared a little. Today is not much better, and
Sue and I are hoping to actually get a flight in the factory plane today for
the first time. Hope the weather holds up!
As an overall comment on Oshkosh this year, I noticed a distinct lack of
homebuilts of all sorts, and there were no Europas as of mid-day yesterday.
It seems ever since they changed the admission rules to allow the general
public access to the flight line, the homebuilders are staying away, which I
can totally understand. The potential for damage to your pride and joy is
enormous with droves of people walking past, running strollers into it,
sitting the little booger-eaters on your flaps, etc. I do hope the old
admission policy returns by the time our Europa is ready for Oshkosh.
The best of wishes go with Thomas for a safe remainder of his trip.
Chris and Sue Beck
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Graham Singleton wrote:
> Thomas Scherer has reached US territory according to his web site
> <http://www.thomas.scherer.com> . Next task is obtaining US clearance.
> Oshkosh within reach but the weather is not very good. Well done Thomas,
> take care friend.
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> Graham
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