Rough River CSA Canard Flyin 2012

We reserved a large cabin for Rough River again this year, for Thursday through Saturday nights, but there was a wicked front just sitting on top of us all week. We end up only going Friday till Sunday, and even then driving, since when we woke up the ceilings were 200′ with 1/2 mile visibility. […]

Birthday Luggage

My brother Dave and his family got us some sweet Oakley luggage for our birthdays (mine is a couple of days prior to the Misses’, which keeps me from missing it, handily). They know we’re keen to take trips in the airplane, and this is a great size for a long weekend for two, and […]

Flight Training Lesson 27, Night Cross Country

I’m back from vacation, and show is Pete (he’d flown to Florida in an RV-7 based on the field)… so, it was time to get in my required night cross-country. The days are getting shorter, so we were able to knock it out without being out too late. We took the relatively easy flight up […]

Painting the new nose pant

We had a nose pant quite awhile ago, but it met a sad end in a sub-par landing… Meet Rev 2.0… We have been flying with Andy’s nylon nut for some time, and because of it can run quite a bit of compression on our anti-shimmy Belleville washers. Hopefully that will be enough to keep us from […]

Flight Training Lesson 26, Long Cross Country (150 nm +)

My flying is going to be winding down for a little over a week as we near the long Labor Day Break (we’ll be vacationing in Myrtle Beach), so we wanted to get in our required long cross country. Flying direct from Lebanon to Muncie, Indiana, then to Butler County (where my EAA chapter resides), then back home […]

Flight Training Lesson 25, Night Flying

I’ve just about got everything I need pulled together to send back to the FAA for my medical, and I’ve got a couple of flights to get in before our Labor Day vacation, so tonight we went out and did some night flying. I’ve always enjoyed flying at night. It’s so calm, typically very few […]