Oshkosh '08: part 8
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:58 amThis lone A-26 attracted a lot of admirers... I made a note to come back later for a chance to climb inside, but forgot. 
In the on-field EAA mini-museum, a Lesher Teal... cool; I was just reading about this in a copy of Sport Aviation from the 60s.
The office of a Lancair... quite the avionics package! :o
A very nice Cozy.
Another cool Rutan design: ould this be the original Amsoil Racer...? I'm not sure...
A fascinating homebuilt: David Lowe basically scratch-built this replica of a Cessna 140 to make a point to the FAA that their refusal to allow LSA certification for 120s and 140s (which can be operated under the required weight limit) is bogus. It's nearly identical in performance to a production 140, and it's certed as an experimental LSA. He's invited the FAA to send a flight test engineer to examine this plane and explain how a Sport pilot could fly this safely, but not a 140. They have not responded, as far as I know.
My friends Ken and Lorraine from the 120/140 Association were giving the hand-propping safety demo daily, using this machine.
A look at the interior of the "120A Sport"... very nice work. Mr. Lowe also discussed this plane and the LSA cert. dispute in an Association forum which I attended.
To get the gist of what this is all about:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/leadnew ... 680-1.html
For Day 2's dinner I strolled around the end of 27 to the hot dog truck across the street; an excellent opportunity to get a different photo angle on some departing aircraft...
Another sunset at Oshkosh... my last on this trip, I'm afraid. Time for bed!
Next: part 9- Day 3 randoms
In the on-field EAA mini-museum, a Lesher Teal... cool; I was just reading about this in a copy of Sport Aviation from the 60s.
The office of a Lancair... quite the avionics package! :o
A very nice Cozy.
Another cool Rutan design: ould this be the original Amsoil Racer...? I'm not sure...
A fascinating homebuilt: David Lowe basically scratch-built this replica of a Cessna 140 to make a point to the FAA that their refusal to allow LSA certification for 120s and 140s (which can be operated under the required weight limit) is bogus. It's nearly identical in performance to a production 140, and it's certed as an experimental LSA. He's invited the FAA to send a flight test engineer to examine this plane and explain how a Sport pilot could fly this safely, but not a 140. They have not responded, as far as I know.
My friends Ken and Lorraine from the 120/140 Association were giving the hand-propping safety demo daily, using this machine.
A look at the interior of the "120A Sport"... very nice work. Mr. Lowe also discussed this plane and the LSA cert. dispute in an Association forum which I attended.
To get the gist of what this is all about:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/leadnew ... 680-1.html
For Day 2's dinner I strolled around the end of 27 to the hot dog truck across the street; an excellent opportunity to get a different photo angle on some departing aircraft...
Another sunset at Oshkosh... my last on this trip, I'm afraid. Time for bed!
Next: part 9- Day 3 randoms
