Hi Tim,
We saw you at the pancake Breakfast and @ Zenith this morning but did not speak with you. We were standing next to your plane when you taxied out and took off from Glen Riley's airstrip. Your 601 looks great...! A gentleman next to me commented on how quiet your Jabiru is.
We drive up to Creve Cour pretty often on our motorcycle to check out the activities on weekends. We would love to stop by your hangar if we knew your were there.
If in in Farmington (FAM)...give us a shout by email as we only live 1/4 East of the AP.
BTW...before retiring six years ago as a Mfg Engineer I worked with AMT in bldg 276 on a joint development program to design tooling and methods for machining 6AL4V on Tactical A/C. It was a joint program between MDC / Boeing, Remmelle Engr and Kennametal. Also worked on the high speed machining project in bldg 2 and the Monolithic Manufacturing of airframe components project.
Hi Tim, the plane is actually ready to go. I bought a cable tensimoter to comply with the European AD to check cable tensions. Mainly I need to get the rust off my flying skills. I haven't flown since last summer.
Chuck
Tim, you had some question about the heater, I rarely fly below -5*F but the cabin heater I built is toasty warm, it was shown in the news letter a while back....BOB
At 5:12pm on February 19, 2009, John Hartlen said…
HI Tim
The lake is about 5miles south of my home base JFZ Tazewell Co airport in SW VA. We have a great airshow here every year on the 2nd Sat of August. Drop on in anytime.
John
Tim-
Unless you have a Corvair conversion, I suppose "Firewall Insulation" is meaningless. Inside the box to the left are the coils and other heat sensitive components. The box is a cooling chamber that will be connected to a SCAT tube running from the rear of the engine.
Bill
Thanks for commenting on my picture. It was a nice flight that also included an unexpected lunch in Willits. When I landed I found that the local EAA chapter was having their monthly meeting and they invited me in to eat with them. Flyers make up a nice community.
I am sure you would enjoy flying out here; lots of eye candy.
Hi Tim,
Sorry for the delay in responding. I have been out of town (on the road, so to speak!) and will 'return' by this coming weekend. I will definitely make use of the info you have provided.
Thanks,
Jon
I just visited your web site. Congratulations on you achievements. Building and Flying and XL is a fantastic way to keep your life moving forward. Do you have any trips planned? Maybe you and your dad could take a big loop around the west to take in some of the sights.
Before I started flying I enjoyed long trips in my car or motor home. I guess I have enjoyed lots of motorized exploring in my life.
When I take a trip in the plane sometimes I just go up and fly randomly but if I am taking a long trip I try to pick out places that are likely to be interesting to me. These are places I have driven to or always wanted to drive to. I make waypoints of these and add them to my route.
One tool I use a lot when planning a trip is Google Earth. You can customize what shows on the map for example; you can “turn on” airports and roads. You can “turn off” the junk you don’t want to see. You can turn on pictures so you can see what others take pictures of (generally from the ground – very few from airplanes). You can see the elevation of things by running the mouse over the map. You can tip the map so you can see mountains in profile. You can plan routes and fly them in advance of the trip.
I “stumbled” on the uranium mine. Sometimes you don’t know what you saw from the air until you get home and look it up.
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Headed to Creve Couer today. Perhaps we'll see you...
K&K
We saw you at the pancake Breakfast and @ Zenith this morning but did not speak with you. We were standing next to your plane when you taxied out and took off from Glen Riley's airstrip. Your 601 looks great...! A gentleman next to me commented on how quiet your Jabiru is.
We drive up to Creve Cour pretty often on our motorcycle to check out the activities on weekends. We would love to stop by your hangar if we knew your were there.
If in in Farmington (FAM)...give us a shout by email as we only live 1/4 East of the AP.
BTW...before retiring six years ago as a Mfg Engineer I worked with AMT in bldg 276 on a joint development program to design tooling and methods for machining 6AL4V on Tactical A/C. It was a joint program between MDC / Boeing, Remmelle Engr and Kennametal. Also worked on the high speed machining project in bldg 2 and the Monolithic Manufacturing of airframe components project.
K&K
The NTSB letter did come up, and he did have me sign for a copy that he gave me.
I am not using piano hinges.
Chuck
How do I send you my rudder photo? I'm a real beginner to using this site.
Ed
The lake is about 5miles south of my home base JFZ Tazewell Co airport in SW VA. We have a great airshow here every year on the 2nd Sat of August. Drop on in anytime.
John
Unless you have a Corvair conversion, I suppose "Firewall Insulation" is meaningless. Inside the box to the left are the coils and other heat sensitive components. The box is a cooling chamber that will be connected to a SCAT tube running from the rear of the engine.
Bill
Thanks for commenting on my picture. It was a nice flight that also included an unexpected lunch in Willits. When I landed I found that the local EAA chapter was having their monthly meeting and they invited me in to eat with them. Flyers make up a nice community.
I am sure you would enjoy flying out here; lots of eye candy.
Steve
P.S. Below is a small screen shot of my route.
Great idea!
Sorry for the delay in responding. I have been out of town (on the road, so to speak!) and will 'return' by this coming weekend. I will definitely make use of the info you have provided.
Thanks,
Jon
I just visited your web site. Congratulations on you achievements. Building and Flying and XL is a fantastic way to keep your life moving forward. Do you have any trips planned? Maybe you and your dad could take a big loop around the west to take in some of the sights.
Steve
When I take a trip in the plane sometimes I just go up and fly randomly but if I am taking a long trip I try to pick out places that are likely to be interesting to me. These are places I have driven to or always wanted to drive to. I make waypoints of these and add them to my route.
One tool I use a lot when planning a trip is Google Earth. You can customize what shows on the map for example; you can “turn on” airports and roads. You can “turn off” the junk you don’t want to see. You can turn on pictures so you can see what others take pictures of (generally from the ground – very few from airplanes). You can see the elevation of things by running the mouse over the map. You can tip the map so you can see mountains in profile. You can plan routes and fly them in advance of the trip.
I “stumbled” on the uranium mine. Sometimes you don’t know what you saw from the air until you get home and look it up.
Steve
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