AOPA Expo

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:58:06 -0500, "dave" davesjunkmail@comcast
wrote:

Great write up George. I went today, friday, for about two hours. I live
just outside Philly so it was only a twenty minute train ride (I rode that
train for almost twenty years when I worked in Philly). I bought a case of
Elite 20/50 for $42.00 delivered. They even threw in a free funnal
attachment. The FBO charges about 6.25/quart. Since I own a citabria, I
was hoping ACA would be there but they weren't. I did pick up a pop open
sun shield from Rosen for $10.00. I'm hoping it will work for the
greenhouse on the citabria.

I wish I had time for some seminars but I had to get back to work. I was
out of town yesterday and tomorrow is soccerday, also known as Saturday.

Did anyone get to the aircraft exhibits at PHL?


This was my first Expo and I attented all three days, primarily for
the seminars. More on that later.

I did visit the static display at PHL and this was the only downside
of the entire three days. Actually, the display was very nice but I
found and unexpected and unappreciated level of arrogance from the
exhibitors. I felt a little like when I was a kid and wanted to check
out the new cars at a dealer and had to put up with dirty looks and
salesmen telling me that I didn't belong there. They intimidated me
enough that I only viewed most of them from afar.

I spent most of three days attending seminars, of which all but one
were very good. Most of the ones that I chose were safety and/or
airspace related. The one that was not great was an analysis of a
mid-air over Jersey involving two Piper twins. I was looking forward
to this one but the presentation was way too dry and disjointed. It
also involved a lot of reading what was on the screen. I don't need
much help with that; I've been able to read for some time now.

I snuck into the exhibit area in between seminars and had a great time
in there also, even though I didn't know what half of the stuff was.
All in all, a great time.

Rich Russell
P.S. Did anyone see that Javelin "business" jet? You don't think
they're really going to build that, do ya?