October 2014

  Helluva good weekend, to use technical terms. Yesterday YFE managed to get up in a biplane for the first time, a birthday present from Bride of Morganstein; had an absolute ball, particularly the aerobatics. First time I’ve done them since, oh, an 1V1 ACM hop over Mobile Bay in a TA-4J back in late…

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Another entry in the “If you show up with these on your car, you’ll lose your Triumph card” category (and if you must, www.tansywheels.com).

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Just got back from an 11-hour, out-and-back to Kansas City to check out a TR8…and as anyone in the Midwest knows, the rain has now continued for three days, with major thunderstorms and downpours particularly evident today. Which resulted in one of those meaning of life moments… Outside of Columbia, MO, this morning, westbound, visibility…

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Temperatures plummeting, leaves turning (and, if my front yard is any indication, also plummeting), like I said, hope every TR owner’s heater works!  Out on patrol briefly today, the one standout was a Ford Mustang Boss 302 in proper Schoolbus Yellow, the same color used by the Bud Moore team in the ’70 TransAm series. …

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