Other notable hangar residents included an F-86D, Piaggio seaplane, a Questair Venture, and several other random aircraft. I met Doc Hospers, the founder of the museum. We saw the room that serves as our head office. As dozens of people circulated in and out, they looked at our display case with patches, manuals, models, pictures and such. Raven, Nail, Hostage, Rustic, etc.
Location is the key, as they say.
The VFM set up a bunch of chairs for us in front of the B-17, we all gathered there and Ed Gillespie and Emerson Smith gave an interesting talk about the development and testing of the aircraft. All too soon, we had to leave for Alliance Airport to make it to the airshow. Before we did, I used the last few minutes to do a walkaround of the Hunter. What a beautiful aircraft. Little did I know it wouldn't be the only one I'd see this day.