LettersFromFlyoverCountry
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I've always wanted to fly over to the Mauston New Lisbon (Wi) airport for the EAA chapter's annual fly-in there. They have arms outstretched for RVs and if you don't like the planes, there are rows and rows of old Farmall tractors you can look at.
But I came for the planes and, if I had to admit, the slight -- very slight -- possibility that if the best RVs on the planet didn't show up, maybe I could score a nod for best RV in the polished class, assuming there was a polished class (which there wasn't).
Then I landed and saw this:
Lyle Hefel has built 8 airplanes! Every one is a work of art.
I see a lot of fancy paint jobs at Oshkosh -- you know the ones, tons of airbrushing. They're really great the first time you see them and then after a year or so the novelty wears off and it never strikes you quite is the same.
This is the exception. I never tire of seeing it.
But I came for the planes and, if I had to admit, the slight -- very slight -- possibility that if the best RVs on the planet didn't show up, maybe I could score a nod for best RV in the polished class, assuming there was a polished class (which there wasn't).
Then I landed and saw this:
Lyle Hefel has built 8 airplanes! Every one is a work of art.
I see a lot of fancy paint jobs at Oshkosh -- you know the ones, tons of airbrushing. They're really great the first time you see them and then after a year or so the novelty wears off and it never strikes you quite is the same.
This is the exception. I never tire of seeing it.