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What did you do with your RV this weekend? (3/26/2022 - 3/27/2022)

DeltaRomeo

doug reeves: unfluencer
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(Friday) I sat safety pilot again for a friend logging IFR hood time, so that was enjoyable just looking at the countryside on a cool, smooth morning. The TFR was a balloon (wasn't red when we flew).

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Later in the morning Rob ‘Smokey’ Ray stopped by and visited for a few minutes (RV-4, RV-X, RV-rocket, F-16 and more). A great American that I’m honored to call friend. A flag that he flew in his F-16 back in the day over some hot spots sits on my desk one foot from my keyboard as I type this. Been on my desk for nearly two decades now.

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Saturday dealing with yard work dust that has me feeling like crud. Staying close to home. Ugh. Hoping feel better Sunday.​
 
Flew to L45 for breakfast. Met up with a -6 and a 9A driver.

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Came home at 9500 using the Hollywood Park transition through the LAX class Bravo. Sweet!

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-Marc
 
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I haven't been close to Mt. St. Helens in awhile so on Friday I stopped by on the way back to Arlington, WA from Scappoose, OR. There were many climbers on the south slope of the mountain. The ones who weren’t at the rim appeared to be still climbing up.

Approaching Mt. St. Helens from the SW. Note the base of Mt. Rainier in the background to the left.

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Mt. Adams, looking East.

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The lava dome continues to slowly build in the crater of Mt. St. Helens. Pretty soon it will have a peak again (in terms of geologic time, of course)! Looking SSW.

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Climbers on the South slope of Mt. St. Helens, with Spirit Lake in the background. One guy appears to be waving his arms at me (On the rim, 5th from the right). If you zoom in on the folks near the rim you can see him, and other details of the climbers. Over the years since the original eruption a few climbers have fallen into the crater; some were rescued and some died.

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Picture of the rim looking East, showing the snow cornice detail.

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A nice day to fly.
 
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Breakfast in Bakersfield (L45) with couple other Rv’ers ,Laird and Marc
 

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7V2 flight

The weather had been pretty bad all week, so when it cleared Friday we flew over to Northfork Valley Airport (7V2) on the western slope of Colorado.

I normally go over Marshall pass rather than follow Highway 50 over Monarch pass. Here is the view looking north as we head west over Marshall. Mount Ouray is the first mountain you see, with the Collegiate peaks in the background.
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Nothfork Valley is a really pretty airport, in between Paonia and Hotchkiss Colorado. Here is the "old" building. 7V2 is co-owned by Delta County and town of Paonia.
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This is cattle and farming country, very nice people, especially Mike who lives on and takes care of the airport. He recommended Zack's BBQ in Hotchkiss, so we took the crew car there for lunch. I had a great BBQ brisket sandwich. The view from the ramp is spectacular. Here we are looking mainly southwest, back towards the West Elk wilderness area.

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We retraced our flight home, and got back to KFLY in the late afternoon. What wonderful machines these are.

Blue skies

Geoff
 
Filled up with CHF 2.68/liter fuel, and had to make sure that the Matterhorn was still there. It was.

Main goal was to test o2 saturation on different setting on the G5 oxygen concentrator. Tried all settings from 6 down to 3, and stayed at 99%, so there's capacity for 2, no problem, at least up to 13k. The kind GVA Info controllers kept the flight path clear for me while testing.

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also went to tickle the Matterhorn today (view from FL150, Mt Blanc far right), hoping to fly along Mickey and his beautiful -8... must have been in a hurry since he was gone ;)
 

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Took my littles to Silver Dollar City and played a little on the lake, it’s exhausting having this much fun!
 

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Glare Shield Painted

Glare Shield Painted

Used JetFlex I inherited from a VAF RV10 builder ( Thank you)
 

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reached 1000 hours

OK, not as cool as flying around some of the scenery shown above, but it was still a very good flight.

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Way way more to go to equal my build time. That's for another day.
 
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A Trip from Sarasota to Houston and back for a cousin’s wedding. Out Friday AM, rehearsal and dinner that night. Family lunch that evening wedding Saturday, return Sunday. Last leg from Mobile was at 200 knots ground speed. Love our time machine.
 
Went out for a little IFR approach practice in the Alberta Badlands (Drumheller). Ended the the flight exactly at a personal milestone, 500.0 total hours. 328 of those hours are in my RV-9A.
 

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Went to lunch for the first time since completing my RV rebuild. DDCB7DB6-4A4C-42C1-8675-3A591BED8997.jpg Parked next to these guys. They look huge…
 
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Today I was lucky enough to take an RV-10 builder (Vlad from Canada) for his first ride in a -10. The grin really does happen!

-Marc
 
I haven't been close to Mt. St. Helens in awhile so on Friday I stopped by on the way back to Arlington, WA from Scappoose, OR. There were many climbers on the south slope of the mountain
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A nice day to fly.

Beautiful! We really do live in an exceptional corner of the world. Flying out of Portland, I'm lucky to see that sight often, but I do miss living in Seattle and taking quick flights to the North Cascades, especially when it's all snowy like this. I feel very grateful to be in such close proximity to these mountains (and yes, I realize that they require especially careful flying).

The weather had been pretty bad all week, so when it cleared Friday we flew over to Northfork Valley Airport (7V2) on the western slope of Colorado...

Filled up with CHF 2.68/liter fuel, and had to make sure that the Matterhorn was still there. It was.

Okay, fine, I guess you guys in Colorado and Switzerland have some okay mountains there too ;)
 
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Stinkin and steamin!

I haven't been close to Mt. St. Helens in awhile so on Friday I stopped by on the way back to Arlington, WA from Scappoose, OR. There were many climbers on the south slope of the mountain. The ones who weren’t at the rim appeared to be still climbing up.

Approaching Mt. St. Helens from the SW. Note the base of Mt. Rainier in the background to the left.

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Mt. Adams, looking East.

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The lava dome continues to slowly build in the crater of Mt. St. Helens. Pretty soon it will have a peak again (in terms of geologic time, of course)! Looking SSW.

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Climbers on the South slope of Mt. St. Helens, with Spirit Lake in the background. One guy appears to be waving his arms at me (On the rim, 5th from the right). If you zoom in on the folks near the rim you can see him, and other details of the climbers. Over the years since the original eruption a few climbers have fallen into the crater; some were rescued and some died.

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Picture of the rim looking East, showing the snow cornice detail.

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A nice day to fly.

Wow, great memories there brother!
Picture two future fighter bros, at the time flying OV10 Broncos on a cross country to SEA tail chasing (officially extended trail) inside the rim looking at the steam coming out (1986) and smelling the sulphide through the air vents of the center cone all the while trying to get a gun track on my buddy!
On the way home we did the same at Crater Lake albeit above the rim since it's a Park!
Your (and mine) tax dollars at work!
Thanks for sharing!
V/R
Smokey
 
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Flew in the NATA Casa Grande Formation Clinic. What a blast!
 

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