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Continuing with a few things you don't see every day, here's a 1935 Waco Cabin, Model YKCS. Frank Hartman, of Dayton, Ohio, says he believes it's the only model of its kind flying in the world today.
Originally manufactured in Troy, Ohio, Frank says the Waco paid its dues on floats, flying fisheries patrol in the Pacific NW before going to Georgia and then back up to Dayton. 
Take a look at the single yoke arrangement in that neat cockpit.
Frank says it's great in the air but, with those narrow gear and limited visiblity, landings get a little hairy when there's any kind of wind. I asked if he does wheel landings and he said no. "You just want to plant it and try to stay off the brakes and let it roll."
You can always learn something new if you ask.
Here's Dick Stark's Stinson Reliant SR9.
Dick and his family live at Weatherford, Texas, where they keep a pasture behind their house just for their airplanes.
He says they moved into the place about 12 years ago and put up a hangar. They lived in the hangar for two years before their house was built..which I think is an acceptable order of things.
The plane's a real show-piece.
It's a 1946 Republic Seabee that normally lives near a lot of water about a hundred miles north of Toronto.
I always thought the Seabee was the ideal airplane for an outdoorsman. Ric Drury, who brought it to Oshkosh, says he thinks so, too. The ungainly-looking airplane is equally at home on land or water..the right front windscreen opens like a door for easy dock access or for fishing..and Ric says it handles like "..a big pussycat. You think you're in a 1950s car, DeSoto or something. It's nice and roomy and comfortable to travel in and the baggage is (practically) unlimited because in here the whole tail cone under the engine is all baggage."
The Seabee is remembered originally as "underpowered" and "hard on oil." Ric says this one was upgraded from the old Franklin 195 hp to a GO480, 295 hp..and it makes all the difference in the world. It gets about 115 cruise and handles a lot like the Beaver. You want a better recommendation than that?