In case you missed it: Part 2 – Picking up the Airplane from the Paint Shop and Flying to Houston
After my cousin’s wedding in Tampa, I was back to Houston and ready to fly home. The plan was to …
In case you missed it: Part 1 – Flying to Texas for Paint
Time to pick up the airplane! I decided to time the pickup with my cousin Mike’s wedding in Tampa to save myself a trip east. The plan …
The week before the flight to Texas, Kelly and I took the little guy to Jackson Hole for a few days for his first official vacation. Kelly did a mostly non-airplane-related writeup on the trip here. All the pictures …
After flying for a year and a half, our airplane is overdue for painting. Because of some of the peculiarities of RVs and the RV-10 in particular (e.g. plexiglass windows glued into the fiberglass top), we decided to have the …
About 5 years ago, with the “preview plans” in hand for the RV-7 (a 2-seat kit), Kelly mentioned that we may want to consider building a 4-seater if we’re going to have a family in the future. Well now the …
Not that interesting, but it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I went flying in the rain last night.
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Last weekend was Kelly’s baby shower, so we had family in town. On Saturday, I took “the grandmas” to breakfast at the Spruce Goose Cafe, and then we flew over the tulips in the Skagit Valley.
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I haven’t flown our airplane at night yet, though it is equipped for night flight. One shortcoming is the interior lighting–it’s easy to see the screens and lighted instruments, but difficult to read the switches and other controls. I fixed …
The weather hasn’t been great lately, which means not much flying. I did get up this weekend, though, which was fun. Here’s a picture I took above the clouds with my iPhone.
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After almost 5 weeks, I’m back in the air. Did a quick post-maintenance flight on Friday evening, and everything is working well.
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