Sooooo true

Every now and then I come across something and think "Gee, I wish I'd written that."  This was the third time

Just to be clear, I did not create this.  I wish I knew who to credit for the work. 
If I had created this, Cel 5 would feature an SR-71, but that's just me.  I can see the P-51 attraction.

If there is one quibble with it, it's Cel 4 and it largely depends on who does the work.  In my experience there is little relationship between the quality of the work and price charged.  I have seen all four quadrants:  High quality, Low cost;  Low Quality, High Cost; and the inverses of each.  The "low quality" half is too expensive no matter the dollar amount.  I just want the quality and will pay the price whatever is asked.  Fortunately the guy I'm working with now is in the High quality/low cost corner.

And the Champ in the last cel is classic.  If you haven't flown one, you owe it to yourself.  Go get an hour instruction today.  It will be money well spent.  Great airplanes.  The only down side to the one we had were the straight pipes off the engine (no mufflers and fatigue-ing-ly loud).  That and heel brakes (WTF were they thinking?)

H/T to On a Wing and a Whim which you will now find linked to the left under "Daily Reads".

Dang! I went to the wrong high school

Returning home from the range over the weekend, Cousin John wanted to stop by the CAF (Commerative Air Force) museum at Mesa Falcon Field. Sentimental Journey normally lives here but was up the hill in Prescott for an airshow that particular weekend. John was disappointed.

They were setting up for a prom so we only had about 10 minutes to get a quick look inside the hangar. Yes, a high school PROM in one of the coolest hangars in the country! My HS prom was at some stuffy hotel and had none of this nice scenery! Boy did I choose poorly!

Entering the venue they'd first have to walk past this pair of 3" deck guns out front:
Then the entry to the hangar would stroll past this P-51:
And once inside the hangar, several more warbirds were strategically located such as this A-26:
There was also an F4-Phantom and a MiG-21 in the back of the hangar.

If anyone has a few spare hours at the 2ABB (hah!), the museum is in the SW corner of Mesa's Falcon Field (Map here). From the NRA convention, head north and get on the I-10 east bound. Continue straight onto the loop 202 (I-10 will turn south). Take the Greenfield exit and turn south (right). The museum is 2 miles south. The parking lot entrance is on the left hand side, just prior to McKellips road. Total distance is about 22 miles. A car is probably required. The light rail will get you about half way there, not sure about public busses from there.