As editor of Pinball Magazine, I’ve been invited to attend the 2018 edition of Vancouver Flip Out. This will be my first time attending the event, and besides reporting from the event, I will also be DJ’ing at the VIP Party on Friday night.   While the event starts September 7th, I booked my flight for September 5th. I chose a flight with a 7-hour transfer in Chicago, which would hopefully allow me to visit American Pinball or Stern pinball. As I won’t be attending Pinball Expo in October due to a conflicting music business event, this would be my only opportunity this year to visit these companies. Due to bad weather, my flight to Chicago got delayed, and I only had time to…