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Itasca Hot Air Meet

Hot Air Engines Come Together in Minnesota

By Lowell Wagner

Ole Berge explains his experimental pressurized hot air engine to model maker Neal James. Note the small Lowe model in Neal's hand.

It was another gathering of hot air engine enthusiasts at Lake Itasca, Minn., Aug. 16-18, 2002, and Ole and Wally Berge were once again gracious hosts to attendees who came in from as far away as Oregon, California and Canada.

Delbert Berge helps Jerry Swedberg assemble Jerry's Otto-Langen atmospheric engine. The Otto-Langen, while quite inefficient, was the first successful internal combustion engine.

Young hot air enthusiast Ben Sahlstrom exhibited and ran his steam toys and hot air fan at the show.

The Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers Association provides the location and sponsors the show, so along with ...

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