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Stars of the Road Meet the Stars of the Sky by Boyd & Terry Krueger PCA-LA sponsored a “night under the stars” on April 6th, featuring stars of a celestial variety rather than the stars of the road—Porsches. Twenty-five PCA-LA members were treated to a night session with the Mt. Wilson Observatory’s 60-inch telescope. The evening began with a forgathering of our group at The Dish, a restaurant in La Canada. Good food (try the pulled pork sandwich) and good company set the mood for that which was to be a very exciting evening. We sorted out the carpools as there are but eight parking spots beside the telescope. We took off in our caravan of nonPorsches (oops, one Cayenne), Jeeps, Hondas, VWs and BMWs, winding our way up Hwy 2. It is a beautiful 45 minute ride up to the observatory and fun even in the “other” cars. Our cortege arrived at the front gate and announced our arrival.
The caravan arrives at the gate. Boyd Krueger Photo.
Our session director, Shelley, duly arrived in a red VW bug.
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Dressed appropriately enough for the evening of star-gazing in a sweater bedecked with stars and her hair swept up and held in place by a galaxy of pencils, chopsticks and garlands of beads and stars, Shelley’s personality lit up the area as she opened the gates and we proceeded onto the grounds of the Mt. Wilson facility. A narrow road led the caravan up to the telescope dome, where we parked, gathered for a group photo and prepared for a night in search of heavenly bodies.
floor, the excitement builds until … there it is, the telescope, standing in all of its glory waiting to peruse the heavens.
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After becoming acquainted with our surroundings and a brief tour of the downstairs area where the big gears reside, the white lights were turned off, leaving only red lights to illuminate the night.
The group is anxious, excited, briefed and ready. Jeff Peck Photo.
The dome which houses the telescope was built in 1908, but is still in tip-top shape. Age and beauty certainly are not a factor for domes and telescopes as even with maturity, their impressiveness does not dim. As one climbs the two flights of stairs to the main
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Suddenly, there it is. This is what we came for! Boyd Krueger Photo.
Shelley explains things to the group. Jeff Peck Photo.
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Part of the 60 inch’s maneuvering mechanism. Boyd Krueger Photo. Continued on Page 2.
By Fritz Kastner I took delivery of my new Porsche 991 in September of 2012 and took advantage of the European Delivery program the company offers. This requires some planning ahead and in early 2012, when I decided to buy a new 991, I contacted my local dealer and started the conversation. The way European Delivery works is to order the car from your US dealer and make your deal like in any ordinary transaction, except you specify European Delivery. This means that you pick up the car at the factory, drive it around as long as you are in Europe and then return it to Porsche. The factory will then ship your car together with all the other new cars to your US dealer, where you pick it up. Since I travel to Europe just about every year and always end up driving a rental car, I had already once before taken European Delivery of a car, so Continued on Page 6.
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