A Fox of a different Stripe

Apply our final design was the mother of all vinyl jobs, in fact we’re told that it’s one of the larger jobs Air Graphics has ever printed up. But in the end it was worth it, they worked out a great design with Elizabeth and provided everything we needed to get them applied. Thanks also to our […]

Fiberglass Spool Holders

Before Bob cut the holy crap out of his hand installing the new light switch on his hangar, he finished putting up the fiberglass spool rails. This is a copy of what the Brainards did in their shop, and will be nicer than what we’ve had in the past. This keeps the glass out of […]

Olympus DS30 Digital Audio Recorder

I just bought this sweet little digital audio recorder, the Olympus DS30, to hook into the intercom to record our in-flight conversations and broadcasts. Olympus DS30

Nose Pants

Now that the main gear pants are on and test flown, we’re getting ready to install the nose pant. Unfortunately the nose pant is the cause of much concern in the Velocity community. It apparently is one of the leading causes, maybe the primary or only cause, of nose wheel shimmy. There are a variety […]

Main Gear Pants

Here you can see we’ve finally mounted and flown our main gear pants. They were worth it, near as we can tell right now, right about 10 kias.

Baggage Tie Downs

Here you can see a couple of shots of the finished tie-downs. As I say, it’s probably overkill, but I doubt I’ll ever need to add any. 😉 We’re installing baggage tie-downs so we can use cargo nets to restrain our cargo. These things are horribly expensive, but I think they’re necessary and I like […]