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August 15
Flew with my EAA chapter to a postage stamp grass strip on a ridge in KY. "Land up hill, take off downhill" were the instructions given.
August 15
David Gallagher added 2 photos
August 10
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Departing Oshkosh 2010 on runway 18 headed back to the CIncinnati, Ohio area.
August 10
David Gallagher added a blog post
I was told that this was the wettest July in well over 100 years for the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area. Fortunately almost none of it fell during the EAA Airventure 2010 event. Unfortunately, it drenched the grounds in the couple of weeks leading up to it…
August 2
Just returned from a great week at Oshkosh. Met and talked to a lot of Zodiac builders. Put 10.3 hours on my 601XL getting there and back.
August 1
David Gallagher is attending Tim Juhl's event
Informal Campfire gathering at Oshkosh at Camp Scholler - Yet to be determined
July 27, 2010 at 6:30pm to July 28, 2010 at 12am
This is an invitation to a campfire gathering at Oshkosh for Zenith builders, flyers and others. Dr. Ed Moody and I are going to attempt to set our camps up side by side in some yet to be determined location in Camp Scholler. IF we are successful, w…
July 19
Flew to Dayton International to pick up my brother-in-law who flew in commercial for the weekend. Class-C made me nervous, but I survived it
July 4
Took the wife to Cincinnati Lunken Airport for dinner. Logged the 300th landing on my 601XL on the return flight.
June 26
David Gallagher added a photo
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June 26
David Gallagher added a photo to the album '601XL Upgrade'
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June 24
Flew with my daughter to the Aeronca Fly-in at Middletown Field, Ohio. It is getting really HOT out now.
June 19

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Sloshkosh 2010

I was told that this was the wettest July in well over 100 years for the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area. Fortunately almost none of it fell during the EAA Airventure 2010 event. Unfortunately, it drenched the grounds in the couple of weeks leading up to it. I heard reports and saw pictures of areas on the grounds that were under 2 feet of water just a day or two prior to opening day. Still

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Posted on August 2, 2010 at 2:30pm — 9 Comments

David Gallagher

Upgrade Complete, N554SG Flies!

Well my 601XL upgrade is now complete. The post-upgrade test flight occurred yesterday, March 23, and things went great. The sun was going down so I went up for three quick touch and go’s. The first thing I noticed was no oil can popping noises any more. I only got to 100 MPH so it will be interesting to see if they are gone at high speed also. In my short flight I did not notice any changes in

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Posted on March 24, 2010 at 6:53am — 11 Comments

David Gallagher

Adventures In Riveting

I had a few people ask me why I thought solid rivet bucking was easy. I have to admit that I was fortunate to be taught how to drive rivets in A&P school a fair number of years ago, but the skill could be easily picked up by anyone mechanically inclined. I had the opportunity to make many mistakes before getting it right. I have not riveted much since then so there was a little bit of refresher needed. If you have access to the EAA web site, there is a Tony Bingelis article about rivet drivi… Continue

Posted on January 7, 2010 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

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At 3:30pm on April 12, 2010, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
While I was in the USAF in Great Falls MT I never saw a C5 in the three years I served. We were a missile base... I could tell you what the Minuteman Mod 3 were like but I'd have to kill you afterward. I did see a C5 parked at Keesler AFB back many years ago and at first glance I thought it was a building. It's such a complicated airplane from what I have read; it rarely takes off on a mission with more than 90 - 95% of it systems functioning fully. It takes 90 man hours of maintenance for every flight hour.What a monster!

Ed
At 8:00am on April 12, 2010, Jake Reyna said…
Dave, the DAR, Jim Gilchirst showed my my Airwothiness, he was more optimistic. As I mentioned, I'm real close. What a relief. The final piece of information is Empty Weight. I was hoping for 700 pounds, now I'm thinking 730.

Jake
At 9:01am on March 16, 2010, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Just thank God you don't live down here in LA. We are kinda food central around this neck of the woods.
At 8:47am on March 16, 2010, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Wow! There went a nice big chunk of your useful weight allowance. Okay.... attention everybody, we're all on a diet as of right now. The savings on the grocery bill will be spent on the extra fuel burn ;-)
At 2:21pm on February 25, 2010, Andy Elliott said…
I have the dual stick set-up so I moved down the hole on the inter-stick arm by 1" = 20%. If you were going to move the holes in the elevator bellcrank, you could move them closer to the pivot by the same 20%.
At 10:22pm on November 28, 2009, Matt Archer said…
Wow you are progressing well. How tough was the center spar. This has me concerned with all the wires I have going through the hole.

Cheers
At 5:18pm on November 24, 2009, Matt Archer said…
I am using nuvite. Not going too bad. I figure it will save some weight. I figure I will polish them up while waiting for the kit. I will probably pull the skins next. The center wing is going to be a lot to remove. I am checking my documentation to see what wiring I will need to deal with. Once I get it out it should not be too bad. I guess I will learn to shoot some solid rivets. I have a couple of friends that will help.

Cheers.
At 2:00am on November 24, 2009, Geoffrey W Eather said…
David

Finally got the caps out - what a job!! The first one fought me ALL the way. Needed a 2 1/2 foot breaker bar and a second person. Even then it was tough going. Problem was not so much the Proseal but "galling" of the threads. Totally destroyed the filler neck thread, hope I can salvage the tank. The second one, although difficult, came out OK with no damage to the threads.

Suspect there will be a lot more "minor" problems before this little number is over!!

Cheers

Geoff Eather
At 9:13pm on November 23, 2009, Matt Archer said…
Yea, I have a wing off and am polishing it first. Actually compounding it. I decided to polish rather than paint. Save some weight. Going ok. Haven't yet opened up the wing. But that doesn't concern me as much as pulling the center spar. Well it will be a while till we fly again. I guess we have something to do this winter. I hope I am flying again by summer.

Cheers
Matt
At 6:55pm on November 22, 2009, Geoffrey W Eather said…
Hey Dave G Hi
Having the same problem with the fuel filler neck. How did you actually "scrap" it. I'm quite prepared to destroy it but like you would like to preserve the tank!!
Geoff E

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