Comments and anecdotes about the event:
This was our second trip to Owosso Airport to help them celebrate a fly-in camping weekend for pilots and their families. The weather forecast was favorable, with clear skies indicated north of a line just south of the venue. It certainly looked that way before dark. But as it was getting dark and the stars were coming out...they did not. The only thing we could see in the south was Antares, and that was not easy at times. We saw the Summer Triangle overhead and over half of Cygnus. The Big Dipper was difficult. Despite this we did manage to show M13, M31, Alberio, and maybe a couple other things, before we targeted Saturn. Saturn was well above the horizon before we could actually spot it, and never really became bright. We did get some good telescopic views however. Despite our challenges, the campers and airport staff were very pleased, as they were last year. The food was good, and we had a fun time. Club members helping were myself, Jim Forrester, Jeff Kopmanis, Adrian Bradley, plus Mani and his son Sailesh.