This piece is a shorter one but it summarizes a lot about what Oshkosh is like.  I was walking around the show site on my first day there when I came across the Rutan Boomerang.  This aircraft is now in private hands but was restored as part of the Rutan celebrations the year before.  It is an unusual asymmetric configuration aircraft that looks very interesting.  It had actually been in the race ahead of Airventure.

I wandered up and grabbed a couple of shots as the owner was chatting to a few people.  He immediately asked me if I would like to get some interior shots.  I was wearing a media badge but this was certainly not something I excepted and I was very grateful.  He then cleared out his stuff, tidied everything up and even asked how I wanted the hatches configured.  What a great guy.

This level of accommodation and willingness to share in the aviating experience is something that never fails to impress me about aviation in general.  Many thanks.