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Key Takeaways:

  • The author is currently in Chico for a three-month stay, having completed one month of their time there.
  • They miss friends and the Oshkosh airshow, but are not overly sad as they attended Sun & Fun and plan to go again next year.
  • Northern California is experiencing a busy fire season due to dry conditions, and the author is actively on standby to assist firefighters daily.
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Hola – greetings from Chico. One month down, and three to go. I’m missing Oshkosh but since I made Sun & Fun and will be there again next year, not too sad…although I miss seeing my friends. A few of them are giving me updates though! Fire season in Northern California has been pretty busy so far. Dry winter, hot temps, lots of fuel to burn, all make up for a “good” fire season. We’re here to put ’em out and help the firefighters, so standing by every day!

pwagstaff

Patty Wagstaff is a six time member of the U.S. Aerobatic team and a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic champion. She flies for the California Department of Forestry during the summer months. In Patty’s monthly column, Let It Roll, she shares observations and philosophical meanderings in and beyond the air show arena as a flight instructor, life adventurer and experience-seeker.
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