OSHKOSH 1981
The 1981 FAA Oshkosh, Wisconsin
fly-in was a great success. Nine Quickies
and two Q2’s attended the event. This year was the first Oshkosh
for the Q2 design, and, to the best of our recollection, no other design
except the Q2 has ever had two examples the first year at Oshkosh.
The trip east for QAC’s Q2 (N81QA)
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was
complicated by bad weather in the mid-west. The 14 flying hour trip was
completed with overnight
stops in Tucumcari, New Mexico,
and Kansas City, Missouri, N8IQA was not the first Q2 to arrive at Oshkosh
this year. Beating it there by a day was Garry LeGare’s new aircraft
N8490P. He had completed half of a 12,000 mile honeymoon trip through the
breadth of Canada with stops also in the United |
States,
including the Dayton Air Fair in Dayton, Ohio. In order to reach Oshkosh
on schedule, Garry had to transverse considerable
rain, occasional snow (in July!), and operate off of short gravel and grass
airstrips. The trip was an excellent opportunity to test out his Q2 in
all kinds of weather. Garry reports that his Q2
came through in fine style.
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