During our first annual inspection, Kelly noticed a slight blue stain under the right wing. Aviation fuel is dyed blue, so when fuel leaks and evaporates, it leaves a blue stain. After taking a closer look, it appeared to be …
Flew with Tom and Kay Staggs (Long-EZ) up to Bellingham for lunch at a Greek place close to the airport. Kelly and our friend BJ rode with us. Great time, great food, and a great facility at Bellingham, …
On Saturday, 10 of us in 6 airplanes met in Friday Harbor for lunch. It was a rare sunny, relatively warm day in February, so the ramp (parking area) at Friday Harbor was packed. We had a good lunch at …
I took our friend Brad up for his first flight in the RV yesterday. It was windy and bumpy around Paine, but less so around Seattle.
Here’s a video of the landing:
Here’s a video of the entire flight:
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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 …