"Around the Field" at the 1998 Oshkosh Fly-in, AirVenture 011
Here is an excerpt from Volume One of "Around the Field: The stories of the people places and planes of the Oshkosh Fly-in". Excerpt from August 1998.
Twenty-five years ago EAA member Dave Yeoman told founder Paul Poberezny, "Someone should be recording the forum sessions at the fly-in, because otherwise, once they're spoken, they're lost." Paul thought this was a good idea and recruited Dave to take on the task.
"I didn't even own a tape recorder back then," says Dave. "I begged and borrowed machines to record those early sessions.
"One year I got here and realized I didn't have enough machines for all the forums that would be happening at one time. I didn't know what to do. Then I remembered that some of my machines were stereo. So I ran long microphone cables and recorded two forums on one machine."
Dave's recordings are available for sale every year here at the fly-in. What's less well-known is that Dave still has all the forum tapes that he's ever made. All the way back to 1972.
By the time AirVenture Oshkosh '98 is finished Dave will have recorded over 5,000 sessions. And any of them can be purchased on cassette. Want to hear the 1988 forum "'Catbird' Design Philosophy" by Burt Rutan? Or the 1972 "Tailwind" forum by Steve Wittman or "EAA Acrosport" by Paul Poberezny? Those and thousands other are available.
A complete list can be found at the Forums Office at the south end of the EAA Forum Plaza.
The legendary Duane Cole is not reluctant to speak his mind. At his EAA Forum at AirVenture '98, he filled us in on a few of his thoughts.
"Now I'm gonna talk about the FAA. I wasn't gonna talk about the FAA... but damn, it's hard not to talk about the FAA."
"They don't call them ARSAs any more 'cause they thought they were talking about the FAA."
Expressing his dissatisfaction for the style of todays' airshows: "The airshow here is all up and down, up and down. Except for Sean Tucker, who's all sideways."
Learn more about Volume One of "Around the Field: The stories of the people places and planes of the Oshkosh Fly-in" and other books by Jack Hodgson here.
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