This is our fourth consecutive airplane-related Christmas card. Here are the ones from previous years.…
Got a ContourHD 1080p camera and mounted it to the outboard end of the fuel tank. Here’s a video of the 12-minute flight between JeffCo and Paine Field after lunch.
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Duct taped (literally) a small $17 camera to the left wheel of the airplane and went flying. Here’s the view from 6″ off the ground on takeoff.
The camera model is commonly called the “MD80”…
As the temperatures get colder, it’s becoming apparent that I’m getting too much cooling via the oil cooler. Even on a reasonably cool day (ground temp in the lower 40’s), I was having trouble getting the oil temperature to 160 …
Nothing quite like a quick flight after work. Kelly and I went up and caught a fall sunset over Seattle.
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Finally got around to getting the repairman certificate. The name is a bit of a misnomer–no authorization is required for anyone to work on the airplane, but the repairman certificate allows me to sign off on the annual inspections, the …
Forgot to post about flying home from Jackson. Not too much to report. We did fly all the way home in one day. We filed a flight plan to go nonstop, but by the time we got near Pendleton, OR, …
Since before we started building the airplane, it was a dream to fly to Jackson Hole. My parents have a house there, I’ve been there many times to visit, and it was the site of my first “small” airplane ride…
Kelly and I love camping, so it was just a matter of time before we went on an airplane camping trip. Seeing the campers at Orcas Island a few weeks before wet our appetite, so we decided we needed to …