So I'm at this little airshow at Chino. I'd just spent the week in the main hall at E3 showing off our game 'Far Cry' at the Ubisoft area and decide its time for some R and R.
Navigating myself and a recalcitrant Italian programmer who is 'Not Into Planes' from LA to the airfield turns out to be easy. Ah you yanks and your straight-line roads.
We arrive and check out some F-14s in the bone yard (v.cool) before walking to the airshow area. I'm constantly on the look out for dudes wearing Aces High caps but unfortunately have no luck (sorry Midnight Target)
I had a great time, watching the planes and crawling around in side the B17 exhibit (realised the cockpit is smaller than most family cars - or even a Mini. Funny I thought it was bigger). I told the old chap by the front hatch 'I live very near to Schweinfurt' and he came back 'oh yes, very tough target that one, lost a lot of guys'
I got talking to a friendly yank at the burger line who was complaining about it's length (at
least 4 people long) who later on told me as we were watching the Hurricane and Spitfire taking off 'Heh we saved your tulips back then! Eh? You'd be speaking GERMAN now if it wasn't for us!' Thanks mate, I DO speak German and I rather think its due to the possibilities afforded to me by the two aircraft taking off right now, at least in part. It's alright about the ugly american thing, we have a couple in our office
We leave during the F18/F4f/F4u flyby, but unfortunately the damage had been done. Yes, Brits and the desert sun do not mix and I was embarrassingly red for a few days. I even had to put up with a
very gay shop attendant in Beverly Hills as I was buying aftersun lotion. If I'd stayed for another 5 minutes, I'm sure an ambulance would have been called.
Anyway back to normal now. You Americans have a very nice country. Look after it.
