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Oshkosh 2017
Above, Joe Sarciones 3,000 cc Corvair 750 STOL behind my booth at Airventure. The plane now has 60 hours on it, flew in from Massachusetts. Very nice piece of craftsmanship. Come see it at booth 616...
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3,300cc Corvair 601XL, Oshkosh 2017
Above, Ken Pavlov, of CT, flew to Oshkosh 2017 in his 3.3L Corvair powered Zenith 601XL. The plane now has 578 hours on it. The first 502 were on his 2,700 cc Corvair. When he mentioned opting to add...
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3,000cc Cleanex at Oshkosh 2017
Above, Randy Bush of TN stands beside his 3,000cc Cleanex at Oshkosh 2017. It was parked in the Corvair power row directly behind my booth in the North Aircraft display area. This is Randy's second...
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Oshkosh 2017 core engine winner
Builders: Above is a photo of Philip Maschke, the winner of our core engine contest. . At Oshkosh, we had a 1964 Corvair engine core, as removed from the car, ready to rebuild. We had a drawing for it,...
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Oshkosh, social lives of Corvairs
Note: If the first 3 pictures of this post are messed up in your view, I will try to get this adjusted over the weekend. I am working off an I Phone and a laptop to post this, and keep in mind I am a...
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A very tough airport cat.
Builders, . . I walked into my hangar, and my neighbors cat Patches, a 12 year old, bony 5 pound female ran out the door with something in her mouth. My coffee had not yet saturated my brain, and my...
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A very loyal airport dog.
Builders, The best known dog at our little airport is Kirby, a twenty pound, ten year old canine with genealogy that couldn’t be sorted out with DNA testing and the complete records of the AKC. He is...
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Machines vs Appliances, putting metal in microwaves
Builders, I have written extensively on the differences between machines and appliances, and why only a brainwashed consumer has “brand loyalty” for appliances, conversely, people who chose to spend...
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Next Event: Zenith Aircraft Open House Sept. 22-23.
Builders: Zenith Aircraft is holding their annual open house in Mexico MO on September 22-23. Dan Weseman from SPA/Panther and myself will be traveling out and doing a complete Corvair assembly and...
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Last Call, Corvair College #40, Texas Sept. 31-Oct. 2.
Builders, Corvair College #40 Wisener-Mineola Airport, (Tyler) TX 29 September 31 October 2 2017: This college has Shelley Tumino and Kevin Purtee as hosts the same couple who brought you the four...
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Corvair College #41, SC in November, filling up.
Builders, College #41 will be our largest in 2017. It already is 3/4 full. We are just 74 days away from the event, but the sign up shuts off automatically when we reach the event’s capacity. Do not...
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How to get thrown out of Corvair College
Builders: . During the last 40 Colleges we have had only three rules: . No Politics No Religion No Communism . Since our national entitlement has become “taking offense” and “calling people out” and...
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Reading takes effort compared to napping….
Builders, . I’ve been napping through William’s stories my whole life, and I’m OK with that. Napping beats reading any day, and William takes a long time to explain stuff. . . Sometimes, if I have to...
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You have to know your fan base……
Builders; . . Perhaps every vehicle has a socio-geographic location where it is a symbol of taste and good values……. . While washing camping gear at our local 24 hour laundromat, in our tiny town in...
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Return of “Mr. Lincoln “
Builders: . . . In traditional rural Thailand, the man with an elephant is important in a village, because he owns the ‘Crane’, ‘ forklift ‘ , ‘excavator’ and if it comes down to it ‘ armored personnel...
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A little plane from 1933
Builders: . . . Two views of a little ‘travelair mystery’ a little cast plane which my father received when he was seven years old in 1933. The wingspan is about 6″, it appears to be and has the feel...
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Manual from 1958
Builders; . Below are pictures from a 1958 Evinrude 35 hp owners manual, an engine I engines for a number of years in the 1990s. I always liked the art, and the fact it was written without the input of...
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A good little manual
Builders; . I don’t want to create the impression that all good illustrations in manuals stopped in 1958, below is a little impulse coupling manual from the 1980s that a lot of A&P mechanics have...
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How an American President was expected to speak 100 years ago
Builders, In 1910, TR delivered the the words below on a European tour. The audience in France received them with great vigor. . . In the last century, it became commonplace for presidents to use...
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My Dads favorite Childhood book.
Builders: . In 1937 my father was 11, and he was presented the book below by a gentleman named Frankie Walsh. He was a WWI infantryman who served with my grandfather in the 78th Division in savage...
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