The photos in this gallery are from the bus #2 airfield tour of MIA that I conducted on Thursday, February 9, 2017 in conjunction with the annual Eddy Gual aircraft slide gathering of aviation photographers from the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. The event is now handled by a convention committee and the group name is Florida Aviation Photography (FLAP) but it will always be the "Eddy Gual Slide Orgy" to me like it was for the first 20+ years.

Bus #1's tour was conducted by Bruce Drum, retired Aviation Department Deputy Director at MIA. Ralph Cruz from Airside Operations was our chaperone on Bus #2 for the third year to make sure we complied with airfield safety rules. We sincerely thank Lonny P. Craven, Airside Operations Division Director, for his continued support of the annual airport tours by providing buses and drivers for the tours. We also thank his superiors at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department by allowing this annual event to continue, especially Joe Napoli, Chief of Staff for Aviation Director Emilio T. González, Ph.D., who came out to greet both tour groups at two different airport locations.

This was the first year that we had the convention in February but after several previous years of cloud cover and rain in mid-January we decided it was time for a change. It was also the first time we ever did the MIA Ramp Tour on a Thursday which was a huge mistake that will never be repeated as long as Lonny Craven and I are alive. All future MIA Ramp Tours will be held on Friday afternoons. Despite the screwup in changing the tour days we all had a good time on the airfield in warm but not humid temperatures, glorious winter sunshine and no rain.