[MRCA] Reading Airport WWII Weekend

[Richard Arland, W3OSS]

WHAT A BLAST!!!!!

Got there late on Friday so we didn't make it to the event until Saturday 
morning. Massive crowds, 20 spate parking lots and you had to take a bus 
from your lot to the event. Lines, lines, lines, and more lines.....

HOT! WOW!! Temp in the 90s with partial overcast. Not enough cloud cover to 
ground the air show portion which was GREAT!! Got some outstanding pix of 
the TBM, PBY, P-40, 47, 51, etc.

The WWII re-enactors were everywhere. They were camped all over the area in 
WWII type tents and cantonment areas. There were US Army, Marines, and USAAF 
as well as German soldiers.

Lots of static displays of gear and, of course the re-enactment of capturing 
the French Village, along with the flag raising on Mt. Sarabachi (sp) by the 
USMC commerative unit from Camp Lajune (sp).

Got loads of photos. Say and briefly spoke to Ted K3PWW. He was busy trying 
to get some telephone control of a remote transmitter.

At any rate, I managed a pix of me and "The Gunny", R. Lee Ermey, from the 
History Channel's Mail Call program. I also talked at length with the 
executive producer of the show and pitched an idea for a segment to show the 
MCRA and other groups efforts to restore and use classic military radio 
gear. Gave him a copy of Military Magazine, where I hope that some of the 
pix will see the light of day.

On the whole...a great time. It rained Sunday so glad we went on Saturday.

73 Rich W3OSS

PS: did manaage a 2M QSO with Dave, K3BN! Thanks, Dave!! I will QSL direct!



Vy 73,

Rich Arland, W3OSS

"Cogito, Ergo CQ"
("I think, therefore I Ham")
(with apologies to René Descartes, 1596-1650)