A great Friend

Beck, Warren, and I, were flying to an airshow in Fort St. John, BC. Warren had led Beck through some nasty weather on a previous trip. Warren’s reputation for flying in lousy weather was well known. So we told Warren we weren’t going to put up with flying in crappy weather. Warren promised he wouldn’t put us in the trees. The weather was a little shaky but we were getting along okay. I made some stupid comment about the weather not being too bad. Seconds later, we crossed a ridge, and were in terrible weather, down dodging power poles and Beck says, “Hey Warren, this is some of the best bad weather I have ever flown in.” Every trip to an airshow, or visit to Wahpeton was an adventure. We’ve shared so many great times, and to this day, every time the weather gets lousy, I begin laughing and can hear Beck saying, "Hey Warren….