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Charlie Precourt (left) Safety Committee Chairman on the EAA Board of Directors,
receiving the Society of Experimental Test Pilots' Association Test Pilot of the Year
award, as Homebuilt Aircraft Council President Rick Weiss looks on.
Several hundred homebuilders gathered in the Nature Center Pavilion for the
annual Homebuilders' Dinner.
Many thanks, also, to the parking volunteers who assisted EAA homebuilders
arriving with their aircraft at Oshkosh 2014.
Zenair founder Chris Heintz approaches the podium to address the crowd at the
annual Homebuilders' Dinner in the Nature Center Pavilion.
The dates of "Oshkosh" each year coincide nicely with the ripening of
sweet corn in the Midwest, making a corn roast an annual event in the
homebuilt community.
EAA Homebuilding Community Chairman Charlie Becker (left) presents an
EAA Major Achievement Award to Paul Dye, editor of Kitplanes magazine, in
celebration of the magazine's 30 years of covering homebuilt activities.