On Friday, October 07, 2011 12:41 AM, "RussellMc" wrote: > Stunning. I was there as a volunteer escort for the press. It's great watching planes take off in almost complete silence. All of the planes were pretty neat, even the ones that only got 70 mpg :) Cheerful regards, Bob P.S. It's interesting escorting city folk around. When we were in a field next to the runway there were questions like "are there spiders?" (not really) and "what lives in those holes?" (rabbits or gophers). Nobody asked me about hornet's nests, so I didn't have to answer that one :) --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .