David B. Cole wrote:

Before
we headed out I ran into my instrument instructor who informed me that
one of the pilots who died in the NJ midair last month was a member of
our local pilot's association. This certainly tempered my excitement a
bit.

Oh, yes. You missed that meeting and the picnic. Depressing, eh?

Congrats on your first sans-CFII IMC. But I'm selfishly glad you didn't get
to Lancaster this time either. Heh heh heh.

- Andrew