BlackRV7
Well Known Member
After a little setback this past year.....this lit' ol black airplane did what I built it to do. She had her share of bumps and bruises still showing but as I said, I'm gong to fly it the way it is this summer and do the cosmetic work in between flying.
The flight down was a little bumpy with some pretty substantial bumps and turbulence over the Smokeys which caused my SAAB 340 FO partner in crime to get a little "woozy" which necessitated a stop along the way....bad piloting, nah...he was just a whoos
The crew over at Winter Haven was great. We arrived during the airshow Weds. after launching out with 15 kts. gusting to 25 crosswind on takeoff from my home airport. We just decided to pitch the tents beside the airplane at Winter Haven and head over Thursday morning. They have a new FBO with a great new restaurant.
I have flown into LAL numerous times. We hit the power plant at 1200 and 100 kts., after a 7 mile cross country from Winter Haven, only to have a twin come in directly above us at 1700 who remained there running at 100 kts....I guess the notam dictating a faster speed for him didn't apply to him. Anyway, uneventful arrival with a touchdown on the green dot.
It was great to see old friends and meet new friends this past week at SNF. I ended up hanging out a couple afternoons with Rhonda and Allen at the Barrett tent, these two are as great in person as they are on this list.
I meet up with some old plastic airplane friends Thursday afternnon....we drank our share of $6.00 beers...
We had a fantastic dinner at the Italian (used to be a chef school) on site Saturday evening, after a couple of days of Carny food.
After three days, I left with Speedy and Chatterbox as a three ship launch as departure cleared us as a flight. We headed over to Cedar Key for a nice seafood lunch. I checked the winds aloaf and found we could grab a nice 35-40 kt tailwind if we climbed on up so I bugged out of the flight as those two turned left into the pattern at Cedar Key. We climbed to 10,500 for an smooth as glass RTB.
Not to be a spoil sport, as it is a great break for me after tax season, but SNF and it's money making mentality has caused the event to go downhill and I could choke the person who came up with the idea to burn the cut grass and turn the place into a black filthy mess......
Short and sweet ....kinda like the flight back home....if you are building, get out into that shop, these airplanes are worth it!!!!
Some lakes in the Smokey Mountains from 8,500
Sunset at Winter Haven Weds. evening
That lit' ol black airplane finally makes it to SNF. I did move it away from the center taxi lane as it was filthy after on hour. I moved it on up towards the flight line.
Heading out with Speedy and Chatterbox
In route to Cedar Key
Speedy and Chatterbox in bound to CDK with me buggin out to the north. Cedar Key is one of those hidden gems. Wish I could have stopped but I had an hour and a half longer flight back home than those two. Look close and you can see Speedy and Chatterbox inbound. You can also see the 2,350 runway, plenty of runway but just be carefull......got water on both ends.
One last picture before clearing the Smokey's at 10,500
The flight down was a little bumpy with some pretty substantial bumps and turbulence over the Smokeys which caused my SAAB 340 FO partner in crime to get a little "woozy" which necessitated a stop along the way....bad piloting, nah...he was just a whoos
The crew over at Winter Haven was great. We arrived during the airshow Weds. after launching out with 15 kts. gusting to 25 crosswind on takeoff from my home airport. We just decided to pitch the tents beside the airplane at Winter Haven and head over Thursday morning. They have a new FBO with a great new restaurant.
I have flown into LAL numerous times. We hit the power plant at 1200 and 100 kts., after a 7 mile cross country from Winter Haven, only to have a twin come in directly above us at 1700 who remained there running at 100 kts....I guess the notam dictating a faster speed for him didn't apply to him. Anyway, uneventful arrival with a touchdown on the green dot.
It was great to see old friends and meet new friends this past week at SNF. I ended up hanging out a couple afternoons with Rhonda and Allen at the Barrett tent, these two are as great in person as they are on this list.
I meet up with some old plastic airplane friends Thursday afternnon....we drank our share of $6.00 beers...
We had a fantastic dinner at the Italian (used to be a chef school) on site Saturday evening, after a couple of days of Carny food.
After three days, I left with Speedy and Chatterbox as a three ship launch as departure cleared us as a flight. We headed over to Cedar Key for a nice seafood lunch. I checked the winds aloaf and found we could grab a nice 35-40 kt tailwind if we climbed on up so I bugged out of the flight as those two turned left into the pattern at Cedar Key. We climbed to 10,500 for an smooth as glass RTB.
Not to be a spoil sport, as it is a great break for me after tax season, but SNF and it's money making mentality has caused the event to go downhill and I could choke the person who came up with the idea to burn the cut grass and turn the place into a black filthy mess......
Short and sweet ....kinda like the flight back home....if you are building, get out into that shop, these airplanes are worth it!!!!
Some lakes in the Smokey Mountains from 8,500
Sunset at Winter Haven Weds. evening
That lit' ol black airplane finally makes it to SNF. I did move it away from the center taxi lane as it was filthy after on hour. I moved it on up towards the flight line.
Heading out with Speedy and Chatterbox
In route to Cedar Key
Speedy and Chatterbox in bound to CDK with me buggin out to the north. Cedar Key is one of those hidden gems. Wish I could have stopped but I had an hour and a half longer flight back home than those two. Look close and you can see Speedy and Chatterbox inbound. You can also see the 2,350 runway, plenty of runway but just be carefull......got water on both ends.
One last picture before clearing the Smokey's at 10,500
