Mississippi Afterburner 2004

It is always fun going to a new show. You see a few familiar faces, and often times many new ones. This year was the first we traveled to the Mississippi Afterburner jet meet. It was moved this year a bit further south, to Jackson, Mississippi. The airport orientation was such that you could fly as long as your kerosene lasted, and you had charge in your batteries. I don't know the final pilot count, but I would guess in the 50-75 range. Weather was a bit warm, but not to bad at all. Overall, it was a well run event, and we had a great time.

One side note, was that the JPO president , Steve Ellzey gave a little talk Saturday night at the banquette. Personally, I did not know that only a third of the jet pilots belong to JPO. No wonder AMA does not give them the weight they deserve. Please join JPO if you have not already. Their membership is only in the 300's and it is thought there are over 1000 turbine pilots out and about. Every person adds up, when it comes to having weight with the AMA and negotiating rules we all can live with to enjoy the hobby.

This year's new ride. mis0104.jpg 105.98 Kb	Ahh, so nice to have room for everything. mis0204.jpg 99.11 Kb	Eddie Week's airp... errr.. well, perhaps it's his transportation to the field... yea that's it. mis0304.jpg 118.54 Kb	Pit row view. mis0404.jpg 109.21 Kb
The crew that gets the show done. mis0504.jpg 64.56 Kb	Dennis Lott giving the morning pep talk. mis0604.jpg 92.91 Kb	BV's sharp looking F-100 mis0704.jpg 109.47 Kb	Scott Marr's new bird. mis0804.jpg 108.68 Kb
Lewis's sharp Raptor. mis0904.jpg 97.61 Kb	Unfortunate 'after' shot of the Raptor, with radio trouble. mis1004.jpg 108.63 Kb	Greg Pulcini's unique Vigilante mis1104.jpg 111.32 Kb	Nice redbird collection. mis1204.jpg 90.33 Kb
Pit area. mis1304.jpg 93.23 Kb	Noontime lineup. mis1404.jpg 46.48 Kb	Your webmaster's attempts at creativity. mis1504.jpg 85.80 Kb	Tim's Phantom that does not lack for power. mis1604.jpg 86.10 Kb
Nice Kingcat mis1704.jpg 103.82 Kb	The AMT's crew collection. mis1804.jpg 98.46 Kb	Quite the spread. mis1904.jpg 79.87 Kb	Mudbugs anyone? mis2004.jpg 87.94 Kb
Larry Kramer's Kingcat near sunset..... mis2104.jpg 31.72 Kb