...getting it started Friday evening.
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What did you do w/your RV this weekend? (4/8 - 4/9, 2023)
- Thread starter DeltaRomeo
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Didn’t buy it. I have a Lightspeed Zulu 3, and Delta Zulu. I found those to be more comfortable than the A30. I also think the A30 is too loose on the head. As in, it slides off when you lean forward. From what I’m reading online, sounds like the A30 is a miss. Haven’t read a customer review yet that’s positive. Bose had a miss with the ProFlight Series 1, and the Series 2 is better. Maybe the A30 will be the same…
goatflieg
Well Known Member
Pilots That Don't Go Anywhere video
I did a lot of things; most of them are classified but I can share this one.
I've been working on it for quite a while; had the lyrics written out, generated a demo track and started compiling clips. Last week I finally got into the studio to get the backing vocals properly done. Some of my PTK buddies helped me get the airport video clips done and I finished it off last night. If you've ever watched Veggie Tales and are familiar with Silly Songs With Larry, you'll have my inspiration. It's only a minute and a half long, but I think you'll enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/xQcLAcvRIsI
I did a lot of things; most of them are classified but I can share this one.
I've been working on it for quite a while; had the lyrics written out, generated a demo track and started compiling clips. Last week I finally got into the studio to get the backing vocals properly done. Some of my PTK buddies helped me get the airport video clips done and I finished it off last night. If you've ever watched Veggie Tales and are familiar with Silly Songs With Larry, you'll have my inspiration. It's only a minute and a half long, but I think you'll enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/xQcLAcvRIsI
RV8JD
Well Known Member
I did get a laugh out of that. Well done!
How do I join the group? I can send you my qualifications of a map with the tracks of all my flights for the past 5 years to verify I just fly around and don’t fly anywhere.
rvanstory
Well Known Member
HILARIOUS!! Thanks for starting my day out with a smile!
Skykingbob
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newt
Well Known Member
I delivered an introduction to homebuilt general aviation to a family friend who had a distinguished RAAF career before joining Qantas and rising to the levels of a B787 Captain.
He hadn't flown anything smaller than an Airbus 330 in the last ten years, so I think he had a bit of an eye opener. He did most of the flying from Bankstown to Cessnock, I took over on mid downwind to grease a landing, one of those, "Oh, we're on the ground already?" ones that only ever happens when there are no camera-equipped witnesses.
We met up with Glenn, Eddie, Kevin, Lindsay and Anne-Marie at Cessnock and enjoyed a stereotypically superb lunch at Peterson House's Restaurant Cuvée next to the airport. If you're in the neighborhood, check it out; They rotate their menu every month or so, which means I can't offer reliable recommendations, other than to say it's always very good.
Lunch time conversation about aviation tall stories and about how rights, responsibilities and capabilities intersect in E/AB aviation. Safety systems that involve peer review and community oversight instead of regulator involvement. Keeping your skin intact when you have greater latitude to form your own frameworks and systems instead of receiving them as mandates.
We followed Eddie, Anne-Marie and Kevin back to Wedderburn to drink coffee and tell lies in their hangar. My friend was amazed by the capabilities of modern general-aviation glass avionics. Kept saying the RV had capabilities the big jet didn't have. Even simple things like "display of traffic on the moving map" ("Oh, so the dotted green line is showing where they WILL be? Amazing!"). We talked about design philosophy, and how you can perform the system integration work needed to produce a system with the capabilities needed to meet the mission requirements ranging from "simple" to "full multi-screen IFR with backups for everything."
Gusty crosswind at Wedderburn, more of an "arrival" than a "landing." Airplane's still usable so I got away with it.
Then back to Bankstown for debrief and departure.
Great day. Always good to compare notes with a professional, especially one who's been in the industry for as long as this guy. He's pretty deeply involved with safety frameworks and regulator engagement in the airline, had some good insights into safety culture and airmanship.
And I think I might have sold him an RV. Not today, not this year, but the transaction is done and now we just need to wait for delivery. Slow burn. It'll happen
- mark
He hadn't flown anything smaller than an Airbus 330 in the last ten years, so I think he had a bit of an eye opener. He did most of the flying from Bankstown to Cessnock, I took over on mid downwind to grease a landing, one of those, "Oh, we're on the ground already?" ones that only ever happens when there are no camera-equipped witnesses.
We met up with Glenn, Eddie, Kevin, Lindsay and Anne-Marie at Cessnock and enjoyed a stereotypically superb lunch at Peterson House's Restaurant Cuvée next to the airport. If you're in the neighborhood, check it out; They rotate their menu every month or so, which means I can't offer reliable recommendations, other than to say it's always very good.
Lunch time conversation about aviation tall stories and about how rights, responsibilities and capabilities intersect in E/AB aviation. Safety systems that involve peer review and community oversight instead of regulator involvement. Keeping your skin intact when you have greater latitude to form your own frameworks and systems instead of receiving them as mandates.
We followed Eddie, Anne-Marie and Kevin back to Wedderburn to drink coffee and tell lies in their hangar. My friend was amazed by the capabilities of modern general-aviation glass avionics. Kept saying the RV had capabilities the big jet didn't have. Even simple things like "display of traffic on the moving map" ("Oh, so the dotted green line is showing where they WILL be? Amazing!"). We talked about design philosophy, and how you can perform the system integration work needed to produce a system with the capabilities needed to meet the mission requirements ranging from "simple" to "full multi-screen IFR with backups for everything."
Gusty crosswind at Wedderburn, more of an "arrival" than a "landing." Airplane's still usable so I got away with it.
Then back to Bankstown for debrief and departure.
Great day. Always good to compare notes with a professional, especially one who's been in the industry for as long as this guy. He's pretty deeply involved with safety frameworks and regulator engagement in the airline, had some good insights into safety culture and airmanship.
And I think I might have sold him an RV. Not today, not this year, but the transaction is done and now we just need to wait for delivery. Slow burn. It'll happen
- mark
goatflieg
Well Known Member
No worries. You've been inducted prematurely.
planenutz
Well Known Member
Easter Weekend 2023
It was Easter here in NZ and as such that gave us four days of freedom.
Day 1: Friday. Stunning day. No wind, see for miles. A great day to go exploring. Got some great video saved on the GoPro and now have to find time to edit it all. A total of 1.8 hours of selfish ME time in some of the best scenery in the world.
Day 2: Saturday. Stunning day. Again. See for miles. Thought I'd better take the wife for a fly to ensure a reliable flow of Avgas in future. Cromwell - Saint Bathans - Macraes Mine - Palmerston - Oamaru - Waitaki River - Omarama. Morning Tea time! The Pink Glider was closed so we walked into the village and enjoyed a brew (tea and coffee) at the Wrinkley Ram instead. Omarama - Ahuriri Valley - Hunter Valley - Wanaka - Cromwell. 1.7 hours.
Day 3: Easter Sunday. Winds were expected to come up later in the day so took my daughter flying early in the morning. Since she's been learning to fly she's been trash-talking about flying the RV-6. "Give me the keys, Dad..." I gave her a lesson in why she needs more than 40 hours in her logbook to operate it. It was great to fly with somebody who enjoys aero's as much as I do and 1.2 hours of fun were had.
Day 4: Monday. Light drizzle overnight cleared and by 11:00 it was a lovely day. Well... I guess there's only one thing left to do... go fishing! 4 hours and two salmon later dinner was sorted.
Can't wait for the Sport Aircraft Association Fly-In at Ashburton next weekend.
It was Easter here in NZ and as such that gave us four days of freedom.
Day 1: Friday. Stunning day. No wind, see for miles. A great day to go exploring. Got some great video saved on the GoPro and now have to find time to edit it all. A total of 1.8 hours of selfish ME time in some of the best scenery in the world.
Day 2: Saturday. Stunning day. Again. See for miles. Thought I'd better take the wife for a fly to ensure a reliable flow of Avgas in future. Cromwell - Saint Bathans - Macraes Mine - Palmerston - Oamaru - Waitaki River - Omarama. Morning Tea time! The Pink Glider was closed so we walked into the village and enjoyed a brew (tea and coffee) at the Wrinkley Ram instead. Omarama - Ahuriri Valley - Hunter Valley - Wanaka - Cromwell. 1.7 hours.
Day 3: Easter Sunday. Winds were expected to come up later in the day so took my daughter flying early in the morning. Since she's been learning to fly she's been trash-talking about flying the RV-6. "Give me the keys, Dad..." I gave her a lesson in why she needs more than 40 hours in her logbook to operate it.
It was great to fly with somebody who enjoys aero's as much as I do and 1.2 hours of fun were had.Day 4: Monday. Light drizzle overnight cleared and by 11:00 it was a lovely day. Well... I guess there's only one thing left to do... go fishing! 4 hours and two salmon later dinner was sorted.
Can't wait for the Sport Aircraft Association Fly-In at Ashburton next weekend.
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