May 25, 2019 - Cambridge Airport Wings & Wheels

I drove out to the Skypark today thinking I would be working on the RV-7's annual inspection all day.  My plane was already all torn apart.  Work, not fun.  But Rich and Nhu-An were out there and invited me to go with them to the Cambridge Wings and Wheel Fly-In in their recently acquired Cessna 172.  Sure!  Rich let me fly it all the way to Cambridge.  I've only been in a C-172 once, a long time ago: 20 years?

I couldn't believe how stable the C-172 was.  I flew it mostly by moving the elevator trim.

Safe on deck at Cambridge.

Riggo and Mugsy were in the house with their RV-8s.

The great celebrity Mater the Greater made an appearance!

All Mater's Tall Tales follow the same tall tale formula: the episode opens with Mater popping out of his garage and declaring, "If I'm lying, I'm crying!"  Mater proceeds to tell a far-fetched story of something he supposedly did in the past to Lightning McQueen, the action shifting to Mater's story. At a midway point, the action briefly shifts back to Mater and McQueen in which Mater proclaims that McQueen was also involved, telling him "You was there, too!" The flashback resumes with McQueen's sudden (and usually unwilling) participation. Once Mater finishes his tall tale, one or more characters or elements involved in the story appear, paradoxically suggesting the story might have been authentic.