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Re: Oshkosh rumor time

Posted by Tim Savage on Thu Jun 19, 2003 09:25:30 AM

In reply top Re: Oshkosh rumor time posted by Ken on Thu Jun 19, 2003 09:17:09 AM

: The Oshkosh trophy quest is an ego thing to a big extent.
: I think that the Glacier Girl has been a labor of love.
: They are completely different motives. Also, Mr. Shofner
: has a considerable amount in his airplane and I understand
: him wanting some, however slight, return instead of makin
: g a donation to the EAA. I suspect that all things consid
: ered it would cost $5,000-$7,000 to take it to Oshkosh, fu
: el, rooms, crew salary and expenses. That would be a pret
: ty expensive trophy even if it was good enough to overcome
: the obvious annual politics that go into judging at Oshko
: sh.


Ken-

Since you seem to have such a detailed knowledge of the way Warbird judging works at OSH, please enlighten us all.

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