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REFLECTIONS Ed Chenevey

I've recovered from Oshkosh; actually I didn't push myself too much. I did what I could, missed some things but saw others; it's always a compromise as is life itself. I didn't see the X-COR EZ-Rocket fly, nor the Aerocar, or see Bruce Bohannon take off, or the Kitfox with the Australian radial engine fly but I had seen Bruce fly at Sun-n-Fun and heard the radial run there also. And I did see the 1903 Wright engine replica run along with the Manly replica, saw the Titan Aircraft P-51 ( which apparently was at Sun-N-Fun but I didn't see it) and saw a turboprop powered Titan Tornado mock-up. Mike Stoddard steered me to the square piston 2 cycle engine from Pivotal Engineering of New Zealand (pivotalengine.com). The 2 cyl 4 cycle Needleye 52-75 hp engine is made in California (needleyeengines.com) and after several tries tracked down the 8 crlinder 2 cycle radial-cam engine which was described in Ultra Flight Magazine. Rad-Cam.com (If I had read the article I would have known where to look which would have saved me two trips to the Ultralite area.) I saw Steve Fossett's baloon capsule in the Museum, heard Eric Lindbergh's talk, saw his plane, and for some strange reason, stayed up until 1 AM listening to Richard Bach.

There were not 1, not 2, but 3 Rose Parakeets on display. One was in the first EAA Fly-In area which along with the Knight Twister brought out the Walter Mitty in us 50 years ago. Good entertainment, good weather ( most of the rain was at night), good fun, and a good time.
I have pictures, video, etc. I'm sure that we can fill up two hours.