Fall Flying

Vacation is over, but we’re really enjoying our fall flying season. The crisp morning departure to Urbana Grimes, home of the aircraft lighting test bed being one example. The weather was gorgeous so we invited our winged friends to meet us at I74 for breakfast. Potential builder’s Reiff and Melissa Lorenz popped down to our […]

Flying Andy’s Prince Propeller

We’ve been talking with our buddy Andy, the “other” fixed-pitch propeller XL/FG builder, about giving his propeller a whirl. 🙂 His is a P-tipped Prince 2 blade, and since his engine dyno tested at a little lower horsepower reading, he was curious how our plane would perform with this prop. Well, we put in on […]

[Picture Album] 2010 Velocity BBQ

Andy and Theresa did their usual superb job hosting the Velocity BBQ, providing tons of tasty hot food (brats, hot dogs, and burgers) as well as bottomless bins of soft drinks and beer. Albert brought the ice cream again, and Jerry cooked everything to perfection. I just brought my “Contribute content to the Wiki” banners […]

Reflector Categorized

Now that we have the Reflector mirror integrated into our vBulletin software, I’ve categorized all 6,000+ threads (over 30,000 individual posts) into meaningful groupings to make them easier to find. Now you can find engine, interior, or instrument building details in a separate area from the flying stories and destinations. Please take a minute and […]

The Riley’s stop by the Cape

We’re on our annual pilgrimage ‘down the shore’. We didn’t bring the Fox due to the hurricane, but that didn’t stop our buddy Mark from flying his airplane (that we affectionately call the Green Hornet) down for a day of fun-in-the-sun. There will be some video shortly, I don’t have full editing capability here, but […]

Reflector integrated

The website’s integration is nearing it’s conclusion with the integration of the Reflector mirror into vBulletin. Last night over 30,000 classic reflector posts were imported into the new software, and the email imported has been running for several days reliably. With this integration all Wiki, Reflector, and build information will be available through one center […]