We’ve finished up the majority of fixes and adjustments that I wanted to get in this down period, and I’m anxious to get Beth back in the air to keep her currency up. However, in a real lapse of memory, we’re over due for for annual condition inspection, so we have to do that as […]
Read MoreWell, it’s been a week without an update, and that would leave you with the impression that we hadn’t done anything. However, that’s only mostly true. While on vacation last week (man I don’t want to drive that ever again) I did study for my amateur radio exam. I plan to take the test next […]
Read MoreRegular readers here are probably starting to Jones for a fix, so here you go. We’re pretty close to finishing up our post-40-hour fixes (pitch trim has been adjusted, the pitch servo and autopilot controller are reinstalled, the doorseals are in but not tested, the air/oil separator is 80% installed, the rudders need readjusting, and […]
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We purchased a CozyGirrrls air/oil separator for our engine and mounted to the engine mount with Adel clamps for now. We also just have the oil draining into a cup, though I hope to get a member of our EAA chapter to weld a nipple on one of my oil drain-back tubes so I can […]
Read More“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times“. I wanted to start this entry with a simple WE DID IT. And we did do it too, or rather she did it. Elizabeth flew the remaining 2+ hours in poor conditions this afternoon (low haze and approaching weather), and I have made […]
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Mack Murfree was test flying this plane for Mike, when he apparently suffered a loss of power and crashed into a house off the end of the North Las Vegas airport. Here’s a brief news account. (NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada) — An experimental plane taking off from North Las Vegas Airport crashed into a home, […]
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