Quote Originally Posted by Lindberg View Post
Relax, Ron. Simma down now. I was teasing. I was one of them in the early 1960's.
It certainly did not read like you were teasing, not one bit. Saying that you were once a cadet does not grant permission to malign them. They base right outside of the Warbirds area, so I have plenty of opportunity to see them in action. They are, almost without exception, well disciplined and courteous. Sometimes they try too hard to follow their instructions to the letter (which has included attempts to keep me away from my own airplane getting ready for the airshow). On the other hand, I am not too sure I want them to "interpret" orders at their age. This includes, by the way, instructions that prohibit them from offering rides.

Following up on the other thread, my wife has been at OSH every year but two since I started attending. I fly in and she drives up with the "glamping" impedimentia. We camp at Warbirds and she volunteers at forums and, more recently, with the WOA simulators. There is no way I would be able to keep up my very expensive hobby without her full support. I do not believe that she is unique in this support at all, consistent with what Ron and others have posted earlier.