2008 – N246RR – Rocket Racer – Velocity SE/FG – Chipley, FL – 0

Apparently they ran out of gas. The pilot stated that he began a landing descent for a planned fuel stop. He reported that the left tank was low, while the right tank had more than one-half tank of fuel. At 7,000 feet msl in the descent, the engine lost power and quit. He was unable […]

Back from Oshkosh, Back in the Saddle

Back home, charged up, and back in the saddle. Beth put an hour on the plane yesterday, and she and Jerry did .9 today! Outstanding! For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem […]

Oshkosh 2008 Closes

Midnight of the last day. I feel hung-over and beat up, but we had a great week. We spent all day driving, after getting a late start, and I’m just now heading to bed. Wake-up call was at 6 am so I could get over to the awards breakfast and receive my Chapter Web Editor […]

2008 Kitplanes Velocity Ad – It’s time to fly. Fast.

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[Picture Album] 2008 Airventure / Wedding / Brett Wins EAA Webeditor Award for EAA974.org

I’ve recently been notified that one of my other big commitments, the website for my EAA Chapter (974) has been nominated and won a Web Editor’s Award. We won’t know until Airventure closes (Saturday a week) where we placed, but it’s nice to be recognized. Click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture Cutting the Cake Mine Flies! Andy gets […]

2008 – N269VE – Gary Forhan – Velocity SE/RG – St. Augustine, FL – 2

N269VE was up for sale, and this flight was apparently to show it to a prospective customer. It went down in a swamp. Below is a brief news account. 2 Dead In Plane Crash At St. Augustine Airport POSTED: Thursday, July 31, 2008 St. Augustine plane crash ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The owner of an […]