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WDYDWYRTW? 4 / 11-12 / 2025

DeltaRomeo

doug reeves: unfluencer
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... Looking forward to hearing how folks are spending their RV weekend :-). Hope you're having a great one.
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Brought home the Bacon………
And Pork Chops, Sausage etc.

45 min flight vs 3 hour drive. Was anticipating 150lbs of meat from 2 hogs, ended up being closer to 260lbs. Was only able to haul about 200lbs of it due to the bulk, 100lbs in the baggage and 100lbs in a sleeping bag in the passenger seat.
 

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Weather was beautiful on Friday so I decided to take the RV-8 to work. Sure beats the 4 hour drive from Omaha to Wichita.

I always wanted to fly my RV-4 to work at Tinker AFB, but never got around to jumping through all those hoops for the landing rights. How difficult was that?
 
I always wanted to fly my RV-4 to work at Tinker AFB, but never got around to jumping through all those hoops for the landing rights. How difficult was that?
Extremely easy to get a Civil Aircraft Landing Permit. Just fill out the DD Form 2400, 2401 & 2402 and send it into the E-mail address listed on the forms. Should only take a day or two.
 
Time to pickup my pace at the top end. Finally started on the wheel and leg fairings.
 

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In the eyes of the law, VH KJS is now an aeroplane. Special Certificate of Airworthiness issued by CASA AP Norm Edmunds on 13 April 2025 - 21 years 3 months and 15 days after the first deburring of the rudder ribs started.

I know there are those who say it is not an aeroplane until it flies or even until Phase 1 is completed. I choose to ignore that view. It feels like an aircraft now.

Many people to thank which I will do after the first flight.

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Wrapping up a long drawn out annual with a bunch of time items and updates, like having the AFP fuel injection overhauled and the cooler cleaned, replace the 2006 DIY LED landing lights with FlyLED units, and so on.

One update idea borrowed from Scott McDaniels was a new smooth bore oil cooler duct...a section of 600-6 tube, which happens to be 4" ID. Needed a new glass entry for alignment. Scott says his is holding up fine, and I'll report in due course.

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I'm waiting for a call back from a paint shop which I'm hoping will lead, eventually, to a paint job. They called last week but I was under a post-surgery drug induced mush brain and didn't think it wise to make any kind of decisions at that point.
danny
 
Visited Augusta National for an aerial view of The Masters.
 

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Wrapping up a long drawn out annual with a bunch of time items and updates, like having the AFP fuel injection overhauled and the cooler cleaned, replace the 2006 DIY LED landing lights with FlyLED units, and so on.

One update idea borrowed from Scott McDaniels was a new smooth bore oil cooler duct...a section of 600-6 tube, which happens to be 4" ID. Needed a new glass entry for alignment. Scott says his is holding up fine, and I'll report in due course.

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Well you HAVE to show us pictures of the 'old' DIY vs 'new' FlyLED lighting set-up! 😊
 
ZTA Dads weekend at Virginia Tech. Had to delay until Saturday because of Friday’s nasty WX. Made it home Monday with smooth air and 40 kts headwinds.

The crew
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Spring Football - Defense vs Offense, at halftime it was 27-7 defense. 😂
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Deer at the cabin
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