Mike Montgomery continues in his quest to be in the
World Aerobatic Competition.

When you are moving up in the trials, you really have to have the right color coordinated outfit. Mike was lucky to design the ideal pair of tennis shoes to match his airplane!!

Complete with the blue and white checkerboard !!

Fair Warning! April 1st Is Just Around The Corner!

Aero-News Network will make your aviation funny-bone hurt.

See, each April 1st, ANN has a problem getting their stories straight... they make things up, they get silly, they exaggerate and lampoon. In other words, they act weirder than the loons who run Rialto Airport... and in this group, that's really saying something. Once a year it's fun to let it all hang out, and this year is no exception. Rest assured ANN already has some "doozys" in the can for April 1

Keep in mind two things: One, they only lampoon the ones they love.

And secondly... since their format doesn't always allow for easy distinction between April 1st stories and stories that are published on April 1st (if ya know what we mean...), we're gonna warn ya. Please note that all stories posted Thursday, April 1, 2010 that are NOT labeled specifically as REAL NEWS should be read with your funny bone in gear, and all others with a straight face.

We hate to provide that caveat, but it's been an issue in the past. For example, a few years back when a New York Times reporter once actually thought their story on Sandra Bullock racing bizjets at Reno had a glimmer of truth.

There were also a few questions about a previous year's April 1st story which saw Boeing giving up on its 787 program... opting instead to introduce the updated 767-500 "Miserliner." While most (but not all!) of you who saw the story figured out Boeing would never really do such a thing (and for the rest of you... really? "Bubbles" Yamagura wasn't a hint? Seriously? ) events have since shown that, perhaps, Boeing should have taken their advice, we're just saying.

Of course, that also gives them further incentive to raise the bar in 2010.

Best laughs in aviation at the April 1 edition of Aero News

Go to the web address below

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm