Smithstonian

My life long friend Dan E and his brother, David came down from Long Island to hang with me for a day. Dan and i have been friends for 47 years. We grew up a few house's apart in Oceanside New York. Dan's cousin is the PR guy for the Smithstonian Aerospace museum at Dulles Airport. We went to the museum and had a chance to tour the entire place. We went to an IMAX movie about fighter pilots. One highlight was trying to land the Space Shuttle in a simulator. Dan's brother David and I are are both pilots. How hard could this be? It is just a big airplane, huh. Well both of us did not do so well. Dan, not a pilot, did prettygood before he crashed it. I did get it on the ground the second time but ran out of runway and crashed into the trees. All in all i had a blast. It is really cool to hook up with friends while traveling with Smokin Joe. I got to go to an AA meeting last night and we are heading out today for our Arlington VA gig.

Later..... Dave K