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Old 12-09-2007, 06:29 PM
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Agree with earlier comments: great write-up and an inspiration to those of us just behind you -- getting ready to enlarge our comfort zone to include extended cross county journeys. Thanks.
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Old 12-09-2007, 07:06 PM
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Ron, good write up. I will tell you about my flight from T27 to 00V when I get home Saturday. See ya.

Brad
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Old 12-10-2007, 03:47 PM
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Ron,

Excellent write up! You are to be commended for trying new things, with caution of course, because there are a bunch of pilots who stay in their comfort zone and never learn how many fun things there are to see and do. You are also right to be careful when flying through MOAs. I flew in them for years and when dogfights are in progress I can guarantee that you will not be seen by the military pilots. They are ingrossed in looking for each other. It has something to do with, "He who loses sight, loses fight."! If you wander through 00C give me a holler and we'll swap some (true) stories.

Jim Thornton
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Old 12-10-2007, 04:49 PM
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Ron,

Thanks for the write-up and the pics. I have been flying since 1983, but in the last 3 years have less than 10 hours. I am a commercial pilot with airplane multiengine land: instrument airplane ratings. My longest trip was to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Due to the lack of time in the last 2 1/2 years of building, I, too, am a fair weather flyer. Your story reminds me that it is time to start slowly, and progress to the type of flying I used to enjoy.

Thanks for telling your story.

Jack Dekkinga
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Old 12-11-2007, 03:59 PM
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Default RV's expand your cross-country flights!

Ron,

Thanks for the good trip write-up and the photos. You do things the way I do when it comes to documenting RV trips.

I learned to fly in the West Palm Beach, Florida area in 172's and 152's. I started my RV-9A project in October 2002 and completed it in June 2005 with the first flight on June 9, 2005. The phase one testing was completed on July 2nd and the airplane went into the paint shop on July 5th. I got it out of the paint shop on July 23rd and took off on my first LONG cross country trip the next day - - TO OSHKOSH and beyond! The story of the 8-day trip begins here: http://www.n2prise.org/rv9a151.htm

During my pre-RV days of flying Spam-cans, I would always be back at the place of origin on the same day. Trips from KLNA to KOCF were about as far as I would go, usually with a stop at KISM and even the scenic tour at the Shuttle Landing Strip (fly-over). This was in the late 1990's.

Now, I don't think anything about a day trip from Chattanooga to Fort Pierce, and BACK in the same day in my RV-9A. http://www.n2prise.org/rv9a236.htm#May12

Your attitudes about flying change when you fly an RV!
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