Flight Training Lesson 14

As I used to say when I was merely building an airplane, lather, rinse, repeat. Today Pete wanted to go back to Lunken to soldify what I’d learned last trip and build my confidence talking to the tower. He also wanted to do a full stop and taxi to the terminal so we could get some work […]

Warren County Fly-in

The airport has decided to have a fly-in every month, so after my flight I set my baby on the ramp to be admired and grabbed a couple of free hot dogs… Beth couldn’t come because she pulled a back muscle really badly this week and has been out of commission for days. We did get several […]

Flight Training Lesson 13

It was pretty, sunny, and cool day today as we got an early start. We had a lunchtime fly-in at the airport, so we launched at 10 so we could grab some lunch when we got back. Pete decided we’d go to Cincinnati Lunken airport on the Ohio river for some practice at a different […]

Flight Training Lesson 12

It was supposed to storm today, and it did sprinkle a bit on us, but we went nearly an hour without issue. It was kind of nice, the overcast and building clouds off to the west were holding the temperature down. Since we expected weather we just stayed in the pattern, and with the weather […]

Flight Training Lesson 11

More of the same today, except it was quite a bit cooler today, and not quite so bumpy and breezy, and I actually did pretty well. I even hit my own wing tip vortices doing left and right steep turns. Not shabby.

Brakes, wheel, tires, and the dreaded alignment

When we last left our hero was trying to do gross weight testing. If you read that update, you know we got a funky vibration from the right main gear. Since initial investigation didn’t show any real anomolies, aside from some brake drag, we decided to pull the wheels and check the brakes for warping […]