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01-17-2022, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Oregon
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Originally Posted by rv6n6r
Went up for a quick evening flight just to circle up over my home airport (56S) before a fast moving low stratus layer overtook the airport -- as a few miles west the low clouds formed this wave as they banked up against Tillamook Head.
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That is an awesome sight from above. Can't wait until I can make those flights too! I am close so will be a short flight.
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01-17-2022, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Portland, OR
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After three weeks of almost non-stop rain, last week we finally got some VFR days in the Portland area. I didn't go anywhere in particular, just sightseeing around town and trying to not let myself get too rusty.
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Worked on wind-tunnel research, on design & modeling of rocket & jet engines, control systems for UAVs & spacecraft, jetliner maintenance planning, lab tests & computer modeling of innovative aero structures, future airplane design… But I have always wanted to work for a small company, on airplanes optimized for fun rather than profit, and no airplane is more fun than an RV!
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01-17-2022, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Decatur, TX
Posts: 62
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First flight over DFW (4500 msl). Not a big deal for a lot of people but a first for us. Still pretty cool.
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Decatur, TX (KLUD)
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01-17-2022, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gearhart Oregon
Posts: 482
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Originally Posted by Bernardo
After three weeks of almost non-stop rain, last week we finally got some VFR days in the Portland area. I didn't go anywhere in particular, just sightseeing around town and trying to not let myself get too rusty.
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I love that "sightseeing around town" can involve popping up over snow-capped volcanos. We are so fortunate to have these amazing machines and to live in such a beautiful part of the world.
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RV-6 / O-360 / CS, 1600+ hrs, 1st flight Sept. 1999
Outstanding Workmanship OSH 2000, Craftsmanship award AWO 2000
Airport committee chair & AOPA ASNV for Seaside, OR Municipal (56S), www.seasideairport.org
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01-17-2022, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2020
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 369
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Have been teaching myself some basic riveting/nut plate techniques to repair some cracked wheel pant fairing brackets.
4 attempts to get one of them right but finally got em' all re-assembled and put back on the airplane.
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01-17-2022, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
Posts: 10,701
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Flew it 45 minutes, then started taking it apart...annual time.
On the list for this year, R&R a corroded throttle/mixture cable bracket. Radiant heating baked off all the paint. High temperature accelerates corrosion. I was kinda surprised to see how much surface material was gone when I bead blasted it. Not enough to be dangerous, but a good lesson.
FWIW, it's now been modified with some ears and nutplates, in order to attached a more extensive heat shield. That's the old cable shield in the photo, with all the prior insulation removed.
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01-18-2022, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fresno to Bakersfield
Posts: 130
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Originally Posted by Crash
First flight over DFW (4500 msl). Not a big deal for a lot of people but a first for us. Still pretty cool.
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What I find interesting about this picture is "what's missing"
ME! Because I am on vacation! 
If redoing my baffling for the forth time can be considered "vacation"
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