Living up here, we only have to clean bugs off the plane 6 months out of the year! That's one of the few advantages of living here over Texas that I can think of though... I hate bugs.

Oh, Oh, I just thought of another one- the incessant snow shoveling strengthens your arms and back.

And- I bet you don't have a rabbit making a new home in the snow bank piled up outside your hangar door either! Must have looked awfully inviting to the little fella.

How many Canucks does it take to pull an RV out of the hangar? Three. One to pull and two more to watch that the wingtips clear the snow banks.;)

1030 PST (1830 GMT)
 

Well, looks like I was still sleeping (or just rollin' out) when Mel was up and attum! First flight of '09 was a good one though, with the trip to Big Bear for lunch with Paul, Louise, Gary, Eddie and the gang!

Here's one of Big Bear Lake from the opposite direction as yours Paul. Nice from any angle, eh!!



Paul, I'd post one of the pix we took of you and Louise in Mikey, but we had a little technical difficulty with the camera's ol' O-N/O-F-F switch while on your wing!

Then flew my Father-in-Law past the test facility he worked at in the Palmdale desert for 38 years, then on back to Agua Dulce, another beautiful little aerodrome (and they tell me they do a fly-in lunch the last Sunday of each month!)

Happy New Year's all!

Cheers,
Bob

And in the words of Larry the Cable Guy, "I don't care who ya are, that's funny right there!" (below):

Here is my view of Big Bear Lake and the airport. Must be nice to be relaxing there now

That is a disavantage of a low wing.:(

52F
 

The 'Borrowed Horse' took me to visit Charlie Kerns RV8 project on 1-1-09. a short flight but still fun and a good way to start the new year. and.....Charlie bought lunch!

Thanks Charlie

flight of 4
 

Although there's cold front moving in and the south winds were picking up, four experimentals flew yesterday afternoon from Ogden, UT, KOGD.
Rick in his 6A, Roland in his 6, Blake in his 7A and me in my 9A.

0.8
Steve

First flight 2009
 

My first post on this site. Building an RV-7A (2 Glasairs an RV-8 and RV6A). Have been working on the RV so have not had a chance to fly for awhile. Yesterday Kurt Goodfellow offered to let me fly his RV-9 so took him up on it. It has a 3 cylinder turbo/supercharged 120 HP engine. Really a nice airplane. Any way a great way to start off the new year. Thanks Kurt.

Not just low-wings!
 

I over-heard a visiting pilot ask the Big Bear FBO lady is the recent big snow storm had resulted in any aircraft accidents at the airport. She said a Cessna had clipped a wing on the snow berm on the previous Monday. It was a lot of snow!

What a wonderful week of aviating in So Cal. I sure enjoyed the visit with other RVers on New Year Day!

Takeoff at 10AM on 1 January
 

I had a chance to get together with two of my sons in the Atlanta area. The wheels left the runway at 10AM Eastern Time. The ride from the Chattanooga area toward Atlanta always has something to see, either lakes, or the ridges that mark the end of the Appalachian Mountain range in Georgia.

I got air under the wings about 3:30 on the first. Also on the second and the third! Looks like I have a streak going and it sure is fun!

Bob Kelly