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06-12-2011, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: I live in on the Rosamond Skypark (CA) and am married to Victoria (Tuppergal).
Posts: 982
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Day 23: TX to CA and back to 'the real world'
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Paul A. "Rosie" Rosales
Rosamond Skypark (L00), CA
RV-6A, 4200+ hours since 7/4/2000
Last edited by Rosie : 06-12-2011 at 11:13 PM.
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06-12-2011, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: I live in on the Rosamond Skypark (CA) and am married to Victoria (Tuppergal).
Posts: 982
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Day 23: TX to CA and back to 'the real world'
Here's a summary of today's (Sunday's) flight;
Here's all the stuff we pulled out of the plane;
Here's the 'big picture;
Here are snapshots of the trip log from start to finish. You need to start with the last picture in this series and work your way up to read it;
Without totaling all these hours, we were short of exactly 50 hours by 0.3 for a total hobbs flight time of 49.7 hours.
I'd fly to the Caribbean EVERY YEAR if I could afford it, however, I have to settle for every other year ;-)
I have to thank Jim "Jimmyb" Baker for helping me setup this trip, and I thank EVERYONE who flew with us across the water for making it come together!!! This has to be one of the best vacations ever in the airplane!!!
I also thank all of you for 'flying along with us' on this trip. I really enjoyed all of the e-mails you sent!
I very much hope that our group has inspired the fliers to 'spread your wings' a bit farther and the builders to keep poundin' them rivets because it is ABSOLUTELY ALL WORTH IT!!! Rosie & Tuppergal
PS: I've already scribbled out the trip I'm now planning for 2013 which will take us past the Turks & Caicos to the British Virgin Islands and down the Antilles island chain 
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Paul A. "Rosie" Rosales
Rosamond Skypark (L00), CA
RV-6A, 4200+ hours since 7/4/2000
Last edited by Rosie : 06-13-2011 at 09:23 AM.
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06-13-2011, 05:05 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Thanks Rosie
Thanks for your efforts and daily write-up. Congratulations on a well-deserved trip and for coming by to visit.
To all you guys and gals who fear going a long distance, let this be an example of what you're capable of.
Of note, is the use of a 496 with WX. I have one in both my Air Tractor and the -10 and refuse to fly any distance without them, as you saw from Rosie's pictures of thunderstorms.
Best,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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06-14-2011, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 64
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Lookie, Lookie, what I found
Jim Baker
RV-6
699JB
Goodland, Ks.
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06-14-2011, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Peoria, AZ
Posts: 1,053
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Videos are great!
Tom and Katie volunteer to lead Foxtrot or Gulf flight in 2013. (Yes, RV-6a WILL be flying by then) 
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Regards,
Thomas Velvick
Goodyear, AZ (KGYR)
2020 Donation sent.
N53KT RV-6a finished 2018, Flying
N7053L RV-4 Wife's RV
N56KT RV-4 Finishing
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06-14-2011, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,904
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I'm in!!
I'm in as part of the AZ wing!!! Can't wait.
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Darwin N. Barrie
Chandler AZ
www.JDair.com
RV-7 N717EE-Flying (Sold)
RV-7 N717AZ Flying, in paint
EMS Bell 407,
Eurocopter 350 A-Star Driver
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06-14-2011, 07:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Auburn
Posts: 13
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Flying the Bahamas
I want to thank Rosie and Jim for putting together such an awesome trip!!! Denice and I had the time of our lives and enjoyed every minute of our trip, I had been wanting to go on one of their trips since 2004 and finally was able to pull it off, The flying was incredible!!!!!!!! and everyone was so friendly!!! it was like we had known everyone for years!!! I can't wait till the next trip when we won't be newbies anymore:-) we took a couple of thousand pics and about 45 gigs of video on this trip, It was amazing!!!
Here are some of our stats
Flying days
Day 1
First leg, 886 miles, avg speed 211 mph, 4.2 hours, AUN/AEG
Second leg, 771 miles, avg speed 215 mph, 3.8, AEG/LIT
Auburn California to Little Rock Ark
Day 2
One leg 631 miles, avg speed 197, 3.2, LIT/TBR
Little Rock Ark to Statesboro Georgia
Day 3
First Leg, 385 miles, avg speed 183 mph, 2.1 hours, TBR/VNC
Second leg, 194 miles, avg speed 149 mph, 1.3 hours VNC/MTH
Third leg, 60 miles, avg speed 150 mph, .4 hours, MTH/KEYW
Fourth leg, 157 miles, avg speed 157, 1 hour, KEYW/X51
Day 4
First Leg, 347 miles, avg speed 157, 2.2 hours, X51/MYEF
Day 5
First Leg, 130 miles, avg speed 144 mph, .9 hours, MYEF/MYCP
Second Leg, 135 miles, avg speed 169 mph, .8 hours MYCP/MYEF
Day 6
First Leg, 427 miles, avg speed 158 mph, 2.7 hours, MYEF/FPR
Second Leg 206 miles, avg speed 158.6 mph, 1.3 hours, FPR/CDK
Third Leg 284.3 miles, avg speed 189.5 mph, 1.5 hours, CDK/PNS
Day 7
First Leg 529 miles, Avg speed 189, 2.8 hours, PNS/JDD
Second Leg 479 miles, Avg speed 177 mph, 2.7 hours, JDD/PRZ
Third Leg 547 miles, avg speed 161 mph, 3.4 hours, PRZ/SEZ
Day 8
621 miles, avg speed 182 mph, 3.4 hours, SEZ/AUN
Total Stats
6191 Miles
173 MPH
37 Hours
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06-14-2011, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Posts: 1,128
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Thank you Rosie & Tupper Gal
Rosie you have done more to help me than you'll ever know. It has been an uphill battle for me for years to get my RV completed with a lot of flack and land mines set by my bride to slow me down. 
She took very little interest in your trip at first  and by the middle it had become a nightly ritual for us to sit in bed and review your daily updates.  At the end she was checking your position on a hourly basis to see your progress.  Now she's actually hounding me to get our RV done. Unbelievable!  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you
From Rosie: That is some of the best news I've heard for the entire trip Tom! You need to spend time EVERYDAY building your RV, and it will get finished. Perseverance, more important than skill, is required to finish your plane! If she hasn't already, make sure she checks out the videos above taken by Denice 'Video' Brewton. We'll see you and your wife when you join us on our next Islands Adventure 
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Tom Norwood
Classic "Short Tail 6A N822PM
TMX-O360. Phase 1
Last edited by Rosie : 06-15-2011 at 07:11 AM.
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06-15-2011, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Auburn
Posts: 13
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Hey Jim
Here is the link to our Videos, Denice is trying to download more every chance she gets, she has quite a few on there now and loves to see that so many people are watching them:-)
Keys and Video Brewton
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhee
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06-15-2011, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 64
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Videos
Looking Great! Videos are all awesome!! 
I found this link to work better on my computer:
http://www.youtube.com/user/deniceandmike#g/u
Amazing how pretty the flying was down there, isn't it?
Hope everyone is enjoying the uploads that Mike and Denice are doing!
Jimmyb
RV-6
N699JB
Goodland, Ks.
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