Tonight our host, radio
personality Tom Gresham, learns that friendly fire has damaged his tent because one of his
friends forgot that Oshkosh etiquette calls for a pilot to pull the airplane out of its
parking spot hand, then turn it 90 degrees before starting up. Join us as Tom and co-host,
AVweb
columnist Rick Durden, discuss some serious issues of engine power management and
operations of high horsepower general aviation engines lean of peak EGT. Engine expert
George Braly joins with pilots who have extensive experience operating engines
lean-of-peak — including Walt Atkinson, Stan Musik and AVweb columnist John Deakin
— to poke a few holes in old wives' tales of engine operation. Plus, much, much
more.
The Maintenance Bay Of Broken Dreams Meet Oshkosh's own airplane ER: EAA Chapter 75's Emergency Aircraft Repair shop. The make and model may be rare, even at a
show the size and scope of AirVenture '99; the situation, however, is not. With more than 10,000 aircraft traversing Wittman Regional each year during the EAA convention, it's inevitable that a few will break.
AVweb's Dave Higdon caught up with the staff — and the unfortunate
clients, at OSH's ER.
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