We were unsure about exact locations, so wandered about a bit more until the familiar rear view of Arnie loomed up before our eyes, so we made our presence known and that was where it all started... Arnie took us to the ATIS meeting area, where we met Dave Rotigel for the first time, plus Susan Tucker, Rob & Kelly, and also Jim & Jan Dunmyer. There were many others as well, but these were the first. The greetings and chatting took up an hour or so, and then Rita went off with Helen French (Dolly) and I went the other way to start taking some pictures of the hardware.
When we posted the pictures to Oldengine.org on our return, we had a lot of engines that were unidentified for various reasons, and we would like to acknowledge the great amount of assistance given by Ted Brookover and Helen & Jim French in identifying the unlabelled engines. It was very kind of them to spend their time going through the pictures and letting us have the details. In our searching we also came across a few websites that we found very useful, a lot of them previously unknown to us.
The OFES engines were nearest, so I took a wander amongst the larger machinery and started taking pictures. The quality of some of the exhibits was really excellent, and the standard of engineering was generally very high. More than a few unrestored engines amongst the glittering displays made a nice contrast, and while not all were running at this early hour, enough were in motion to appreciate the size and mass of the rotating parts. The low sun made a few shots a bit difficult, but I did go back later on where possible to retake the shot.
There were a few smaller engines amongst the larger types, and where I could I included them in the pages as I chanced across them. There were arranged areas of sorts, but the layout seemed to run along the lines of whoever you knew was next door to you rather than a more formal arrangement.
