Rough River 2014

Rough River 2014

Another great Rough River is in the can. We stayed in a cabin again with Dave and Ali Nelson, which is always great. They are fun and easy going, and they’ve been going to RR forever, so they know everybody! The weather this year was awesome, with great fall temps – cool at night and […]

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2014 Oshkosh Part 2

2014 Oshkosh Part 2

Part 2 – (I was about to break our hosting software if I continued Part 1 – I won’t bore you with the details) I forgot to mention the night air show and women fly events on the Part 1 page. air launched pyro, what could go wrong? wall of fire   Elizabeth and Laurie at the […]

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2014 Oshkosh Part 1

2014 Oshkosh Part 1

Update 1: Congratulations to Andy and Theresa Millin on winning a Bronze Lindy. I’m going to start trying to do more travel reporting now that we’re flying to more interesting locations. First up is Oshkosh, our longest flight to date, and a very significant one. So, without further adieu, Part 1… (continued in Part 2) Thursday July […]

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Traveling to Football Camp

Traveling to Football Camp

My nephew and my brother have been staying with me this week for football camp in Columbus (FBU Top Gun Middleschool Showcase). Columbus is about an hour and a half drive typically, and given all of the folks going to this event, it was taking about 2 hours to get there. The first night went […]

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Brett’s Factory Checkout

Brett’s Factory Checkout

I blogged this too, but for folks that may not read that I’ll summarize here. I took the factory checkout from April 14 to 16, 2014. The course consisted of 5 hours of flight time and 3 hours of ground instruction. If you built the airplane, the ground school will be a bit dry, but […]

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Spring Velocity Visit, 2014 Edition

Spring Velocity Visit, 2014 Edition

So, I’m really, really late posting this, but it’s understandable since I just finished my trip to Florida. The Thursday before I left to get my factory flight training my buddy Andy called wanting to fly down for the weekend as we were forecast for great weather. This is what owning airplanes is about, so […]

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