Great New England Wings and Wheels – 25 AUG 2013

It was another serendipitous adventure day for me. I went looking of a certain restaurant to have Sunday brunch and took a wrong turn that put me on the Pike (Mass Turnpike). Taking the first exit I found this:

Muffler Man Turned White Abraham Lincoln

While having lunch I overheard part of a conversation, “…it’s more like some old guys who collect planes.” Turns out, the Great New England Wings and Wheels event was taking place and it was literally around the corner. There were only about a dozen planes, lots of food trailers and live entertainment...but I missed the cars.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

"The Jacky C"

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

North American AT-6D

Cessna 175 Skylark

American Clipper M20F

Douglas C-47B (Second Chance)

P-51D Mustang

Miss Hap is the oldest example of the Mitchell bomber left in existence.

PT-23A-HO Cornell

Vought F4U Corsair

North American T6 "Texan"

Tinky Winky’s Return - My Birthday Surprise!

I decided to spend my birthday weekend at the cabin with friends. There was an Air Show at the Big Bear Airport and guess who I ran into? Yes, Tinky Winky and Friends. She was in Australia performing folk music with the Teletubby pack when she learn that the Royal Air Force would be displaying a Merlin Helicopter at the "Wings Over Big Bear" Air Fair. She got a ride to the UK and then talked an Engineer into giving her a ride back to California. (Merlin not pictured.)

Several types of aircraft were on display and there was a jump display.

Along the way TW also picked up a new friend, Mr. M. Lodge III, great grandson to "The" Moose Lodge (who must be rich since there is real estate all over the country with his Great Grandpa's name on it).

When I came back from fishing, I was greeted by Fairy Dogs.

Our traditional group shot.

The whole Teletubby clan (plus Moose) helped me celebrate my birthday. I was told due to fire regulations in the woods, there was a band on lighting a mass amount of candles. 

As the night wore on, we found Teletubbies really enjoyed their first introduction to pumpkin pie (my traditional birthday cake). They even forced us to lower our hats so we couldn't eat any more pie.