PogoPlug and Drobo Deployed to Support Website

Pogo my Drobo! It doesn’t have anything *specifically* to do with airplanes, but n44vf.com has moved into the new century with a couple of pieces of tech gear. First, I’ve had a series of external hard drives (Maxtor One Touch, Seagate FreeAgent, and Western Digial My Books) for storing and backing up my websites, and they have all had […]

Oshkosh 2009 Recap

Oshkosh 2009 is now over for us, and the inevitable sadness of leaving is all that remains. But we had an awesome time, and quite possibly the best Oshkosh ever. The weather was gorgeous with high seventies most of the week, and crisp sleeping temperatures in the upper 50’s and lower sixties. Between the weather […]

[Picture Album] 2009 Airventure & Velocity BBQ

Click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture Jerry Brianard on Grill – Velocity BBQ Carlos and Marcy Fernandez – Velocity BBQ Don and Lynn Johnston – Velocity BBQ Velocity BBQ Andy Millin – Velocity BBQ Travis McQueen and Dianne Lindbergh – Velocity BBQ Velocity BBQ Heather and Denise Osterhouse – Velocity BBQ Dave Nelson, […]

Departing for Oshkosh 2009

Last update before Oshkosh (we’re heading out Friday evening for early Saturday setup)! We’re looking forward to catching up with all of our EAA friends, and especially the canardians. I hope that everyone can make the Velocity BBQ on Wednesday and our Early Bird pasta feast on Tuesday! So, we’ve made a lot of progress on the pants, and I […]

Preparing for Oshkosh 2009

You’ll probably be seeing more posts here in the next week as we frantically try to finish work items before Oshkosh. Last night I finished installing the OAT probe for the GRT EIS, so the only work left there is to connect the “pull-up” resistors, program the screens and the EIS, and mount and provision […]

Blue Mountain Avionics Closes

So, Blue Mountain is officially out of business. I hate to see them go, but the writing was on the wall. But, I’m firmly on the GRT path. This weekend we had a EAA meeting, so that sort of boogered up working on the plane, but we did get a a fair amount done. Bob […]