Ben wrote:

 

>Doug,

>Great pics, looks like a well attended gathering.

 

Yes in deed!  Special thanks no doubt are in order for our Austin, TX rotor-heads who flew up together and provided all with a much needed and appreciated glimpse of flying rotary examples!  There is just something to be said about being able to look at three great examples (actually four since Sam's was right there to view as well); of how to do a functioning installation!  I know I picked up a few more ideas to ponder and will soon be incorporating them into my project in the near future!

 

>Which is good news to me, that means next year will be even more people and planes.

 

Hopefully we'll get at least 7-10 rotaries next year as well as some Subie's and maybe some more GM's, etc. to boot.  It was cool to have Lyle Moss bring his LS-1 Glassair III and I hope he'll come back next ear with it and with his super-charger fully mission capable (FMC; as we say in the AF ). 

 

>Now, a good reporter would post pictures, then upon returning to his typewriter (though you should likely use a computer) would write up an article or two in print telling of the events, discussions, great ideas, technological breakthroughs, funny anecdotes, oh, and topics of discussion of the presentations.

 

Well that will be easy...you see, without the presence of our much loved engineering type guys (Tracy, Steve Boese / Ed Anderson, etc, etc,); we neophytes were left in a largely unsupervised status and therefore we sort of allowed this year's event to devolve into a fun time of social interaction...along with much time spent personal study and picture taking of the various FWF installations in attendance.

 

I just got home from my 9 hr. drive (I really want to fly next yr!!!!) and now need to get ready for work tomorrow; so hopefully some of the other folks in attendance will chime in here with there takeaways, etc. from the weekend!

 

As always many "THANK YOU"s go out to Ed Klepis and his family for the hospitality support they provided again this year as sponsor's of this event!

 

Hope to see many of you there next year!

 

Doug (ready and motivated to get after my FWF again!!!)