Daytime temperatures in the low 80's 24 and cool evenings made for very pleasant hangar-flying conditions for our 25 last fly-in of 2002. A total of ten Mites were there, although not 26 all at one time. Likewise, a head count would have shown a list of 20 27 enthusiasts, several of whom were not there for every meal.

29 Hosts Ben 30 Favrholdt and Bill Vandersande once again 31 made us all feel welcome, and played a major part in making our fly-ins 32 the largest Mite gatherings in the world. Gil Gilbert of Kent, WA 33 flew Alaska Air to Fresno and arrived by rented car, as did David 34 Favrholdt and Dave Rutherford who took Alaska from Vancouver, 35 BC to San Francisco. One-time Mite owner Glenn Bell flew one of 36 Michael Harms' three Mites down from The Bay area, accompanied by 37 Michael of course. Ted Reusch, who has become a regular, flew over 38 from Banning, CA. Dependable Ernie Buenting came by Mite as usual, 39 while Robby Robins came in his C150 tail-dragger. Other regulars, 40 Tim Lucero and Garry Gramman drove in from Lompoc and El 41 Cajon respectively. Surprise guest was Don Henry of La Mesa, CA who 42 arrived in N60BW for his first visit. We were pleased that 43 Dave Mazzola of Newark, CA and Craig Ortet of Morgan Hill, 44 CA showed up in their Mites on Saturday to spend a few hours with us. Mite 45 owner Toni Guttman arrived by car from Soquel, CA to pay his very 46 first visit to a WAMM fly-in. Although he does not appear in our photo 47 collection, Mite enthusiast and Mooney 201 owner Frank Jenkins 48 dropped by on his way back to Menlo Park, CA. We are always pleased to see 49 new faces mixed in with the regulars.