"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Ed Wischmeyer" wrote in message
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I'm building a wood and fabric plane and would have loved to talk to
others about their planes but there were none to be found.

Well... the Grand Champion plans built airplane this year was a (wood)
GP-4 built by Bernie Griffin.

Was that the red one that was on the Sport Aviation cover? Had a brief
chat with
him. I don't understand why the original poster could find any. All
you have to do
is cruise the airplane parking area (hint, don't forget to look in the
showplane camping
area) until you come up on an owner. They're usually glad to talk to
you. I remember
spending an entire afternoon talking to Jakie Yoder about his GP-4.
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Yes, I agree that their were wood airplanes to see, but I also see one part
of his complaint.

I have (in past years) wanted very much to talk to the owners of a specific
few aircraft, but no matter when I went by their planes, they were never
there.

I would suggest that on the cards that everyone hangs on their props, there
be a space that would say something like "times to talk to the owner", and
ask that everyone put at least one time per day that they would be willing
to be at their plane, to answer questions. I know not everyone would go for
it, but it would be nice for those that would.
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Jim in NC--