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What did you do with your RV this weekend? (7/30-31/2022)

Completed two RV8 wingtips and moved on to other fiberglass bits. Ripped out a 10yr old Andair fuel pump that has never been run, and it's completed plumbing, after getting an email from them "you're best off buying a new one".
All mixed with practice for my soon approaching competition aerobatics sequence in the non-RV :).
 
Made a 10 min flight instead of a 30 min drive to help a friend’s friend get comfortable in his new Pa28.
On the way down I swung over my runway project and found more progress was made on my runway/taxiway. It’s been really slow going but I think I’m finally within small tractor means of smoothing and planting grass. We’ll see when it dries out again.
 

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Flew to Cape Cod…

…and parked in what appeared to be the RV section. :)
 

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Breakfast flight to Big Bear, Ca…….Then flight of three across LA basin to Marina Del Rey; then low level beach run up coast to Santa Paula for gas:)
 

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flew home from KOSH

Flew home in an airplane covered with OSH dirt....also just a few bugs on the leading edges. Good times. :)

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getting down to the end....

Got the rest of the control cables connected, supported. Audio jacks installed, trim system wired to stick grip, trim motor tested....we've got like, 4-5 more little things to connect and then we start testing and putting the airplane back together. This avionics upgrade has taken 3x longer than I expected.
 
OSH 2022

I brought a new friend home from Oshkosh. ;)
 

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Went for a post-Oshkosh flight on a gorgeous Minnesota evening.

The first picture are some wheat fields surrounding the departure end of 17 at Henning (05Y) airport. The "blemishes" in the wheat field are knock-down areas from heavy rain.

Second pic is looking towards the west at Deer Lake.

Third pic is the post-flight plane longing to be back in the air soon...
 

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Breakfast flight to Big Bear, Ca…….Then flight of three across LA basin to Marina Del Rey; then low level beach run up coast to Santa Paula for gas:)

My old stomping grounds!
Brings back so many memories.

Thank you
 
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Flew to Speyer, Germany for the summerparty of friends. Conveniently in a hangar directly at the airport. First stop overnight in Strasbourg, France.


The construction of the cathedral, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190, was finished in 1439.At 142 metres (466 feet), Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years).

Next day short hop to Speyer. You pass Speyers Dom on final turn. The build started almost 1000 years ago, with several iterations over the years :)



Party:





And next day via short stop to help a friend with his Vari Eze and a pizza stop in the black forest of Germany back to Switzerland.

 
Henning

Be careful, I landed at 05Y a couple weeks ago and while I was taxi-ing back and my nose wheel found a nice hole, (scuffed up the wheel pant but everything else looks good)


Went for a post-Oshkosh flight on a gorgeous Minnesota evening.

The first picture are some wheat fields surrounding the departure end of 17 at Henning (05Y) airport. The "blemishes" in the wheat field are knock-down areas from heavy rain.

Second pic is looking towards the west at Deer Lake.

Third pic is the post-flight plane longing to be back in the air soon...
 
Sanded and polished the snot out of it.

Actually just the upper surface of one wing.

"Longest journey" and all that... feels like the waiter has wheeled in another entire elephant to eat, one bite at a time.
 

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Was supposed to fly with my son to Oshkosh for Fri-Sun but an iffy Sunday morning forecast and some can't miss plans for Sunday night caused a detour. Ended up camping on the field at Sky Harbor in Duluth Friday night and had an awesome time! Tired boy fell asleep shortly after takeoff on the return flight.
 

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