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Palmer and Faye Gehring were our hosts for this first ever National
CFO event, held on the eve of Sun & Fun EAA fly-in. The CFO event
was at Winter Haven airport, just a few miles East of Lakeland.
It was a cool and breezy day, perfect for Cardinal browsing.
The usual CFO welcoming committee was there, greeting arrivals
and, once they had wandered off to register, reviewing and analyzing their aircraft. They found unusual and creative solutions everywhere.
Formal events started with a technical presentation by Paul Millner. He
reviewed the many ways to improve power and performance in the Cardinal.
CFO members Jeff Kaufman and Howard (?) talked about their modifications
and speed improvements. 
The Technical session ended with a presentation by the Power Flow
people who talked about and demonstrated their new exhaust system.
They had been hoping to report the completion of the '68 Cardinal
system, but it's been delayed a bit in the FAA office. 
Next was a session of walking around and checking out the details of
the various aircraft in attendance. For instance we spotted this
set of VGs on the gear of a FG.
Finally came the meal, a great feast of BBQ ribs and various fix'ins.
It was a great meal, and great conversations with the Cardinal Flyers
in attendance.
In all we had four rows like the group pictured above, and barely had enough chairs for all. We actually ran a couple of 'shifts' on the tables as the meal progressed.
In fact it was so much fun that we had a few others sneak in. When
one fellow was told by Palmer that he had to own a Cardinal to
attend, he came up with this proof that he was worthy of attending.
We'll have to be the judge of whether this approach meets the
criteria! 
Paul borrowed my camera to get this picture of a neat tool for pulling the cowl in a hurry. It's interesting, but I'll bet Vince doesn't use a tool like this for his record setting cowl pulls..
If you missed the event you may be interested just to see the grove where most of the events were held. This is a nice little area with picnic tables and grills, just across the taxiway from all the airplanes. It was an ideal setting, even with the breeze that was blowing all day. 
Jeff showed us his latest invention, a low drag belly vent. His experiments have shown that this vent is an important part of keeping the belly clear of exhaust gasses. We are very priviliged to have a member in CFO who goes to the trouble to pop into experimental mode to run tests like these. 
The '68 with the powerflow exhaust was also sporting a nice looking panel, with the latest in portable GPS and a noise cancelling headset. Perhaps he won't need those once the Powerflow exhaust paperwork comes through.. ?
From time to time we came across little details like this. We found this on a beautiful airplane, the owner said it was just a simple little bit of aluminum that he keeps polished up. Looked very nice!
The whole crowd (almost) gathered around to hear the powerflow exhaust run on the '68.. it was a sound you have to hear to believe. Very smooth and quiet.
Then we all dug into Jeff's airplane, finding many things to comment about and suggest to Jeff. He held up well under the scrutiny of so many eyes. Can you see what's strange about this photo? 
One member (Rich Eggelston?) had a great sense of humor and put these props on after landing. Paul mentioned that the eyes are in just the right place to cover the baffle seal rivit hole that some aircraft have.. this one did not. 
If you made it over to Sun & Fun you would have found us in this tent, the Type Club Tent. A number of members did, we had a good time cooling our hoofs in the shade and talking about Cardinals. 
One member had made these yoke covers out of bicycle grips, he simply trimmed them down to this shape. It really looked nice, and he said it was a nice feel for those hot bumpy days when the yoke would usually get slippery with sweat. 
One of the aircraft on the ramp had the Larry Wokral style fuse tank, although this one was behind the hump rather than in front if it. 
