Went flying with Kelly and Cooper for the first time since August, before the plane was painted. It was great to fly with them again, though it was pretty cold. Here’s a picture of the little man sleeping instead of …
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 …
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…
After three years, six months, and one week, our RV-10 finally had its first flight on Saturday! Rob took off from runway 34L at Paine Field, climbed to 3000 feet, circled the airport for 15 minutes, then landed uneventfully. Despite …
See the post here for our entry on starting the windscreen fairing. Kelly and I epoxied all those layers of fiberglass cloth in one session. When we were done, I realized we didn’t do a sufficient job getting all the …
Yes, we’d already fit the windscreen last summer, but we recently noticed a sizeable gap between the windscreen and fuselage top, on the right side. I sanded down adjacent areas to make it sit a little better. There’s still …