I had a good trip - short (2 days), but good. I spent a bunch of time at the gas welding workshops to see if I could brush up and fine tune the welding skills I had taught myself over the past year. I actually had never seen anyone gas weld close up, before, so it was great to see the methodology of more experienced guys, and I picked up some tips that I will be trying soon.
I also attended an aluminium gas welding class - the first they had done in 15 years or so. Naturally the teacher made things look real easy :0|, and naturally, it wasn't. Still, I may play with that at some point...'just so one day I can say 'I can'.
The biplane forum get-together went well on Tuesday evening at the beer tent. I am guessing we had around 30-40 show up, with 10-20 at any one time - it was a surprisingly good turnout with a good cross section of builders - one minute I was chatting to a model 12 builder from Australia, the next minute I was talking to a Pitts, Toot, Acrosport or Skybolt guy, etc. Most people introduced themselves with a hearty 'thanks for providing the forum', I probably heard that 20 times that evening, thanks for the kudos guys.
I noticed the Acrosport guys have a little section in a tent by the homebuilders hangar area...maybe one year we need to do something similar - push all these bipes, etc.....
I also attended an aluminium gas welding class - the first they had done in 15 years or so. Naturally the teacher made things look real easy :0|, and naturally, it wasn't. Still, I may play with that at some point...'just so one day I can say 'I can'.
The biplane forum get-together went well on Tuesday evening at the beer tent. I am guessing we had around 30-40 show up, with 10-20 at any one time - it was a surprisingly good turnout with a good cross section of builders - one minute I was chatting to a model 12 builder from Australia, the next minute I was talking to a Pitts, Toot, Acrosport or Skybolt guy, etc. Most people introduced themselves with a hearty 'thanks for providing the forum', I probably heard that 20 times that evening, thanks for the kudos guys.
I noticed the Acrosport guys have a little section in a tent by the homebuilders hangar area...maybe one year we need to do something similar - push all these bipes, etc.....
