Mark Langford and I flew loose formation on the 426 s.m. trip from my home base to Oshkosh last Saturday morning. We departed "special VFR" to overcome lingering fog. Mark probably has speeds, etc.., I don't.
My hour meter (clock time) recorded 7.1 hours total round trip with 2 fuel stops (one up, one back) so there was 5 taxi in and taxi out in that time. I left with 5 1/2 quarts of oil and 1/2 quart of Marvel Mystery oil in the tank. I checked the oil this morning and still have 5 1/4 quarts in the tank and it is still amber looking after 22 hours since oil change. Not bad for an engine with 2400 + hours since factory overhaul. I'm happy with that. Now I'm trying to justify overhauling it this winter. Fun time at Oshkosh. Thanks to Larry and Gwen Howell for putting up with Mark and I at their camp site. One of a kind hosts for sure. See you all at the Gathering......... Larry Flesner flesner/at/frontier.com
