LettersFromFlyoverCountry
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I don't have any exotic trip to report since I'm not close to being out of Phase I testing, but the forum category says trip write-ups can motivate a builder. So here's some payback. It was just a little cross country hop -- the first such cross country for the plane. Nothing happened, I took off at a few airports, landed at a few others, and otherwise noticed that the world that seems so hopeless if you pay attention on the ground, seems much lovelier if you pay attention to your flying.
More on the blog.
As I was on one particularly leg, the communication frequency of my next airport allowed me to listen in on a bunch of others. I heard an RV-4 headed for landing in Winstead, MN. I'm not really sure where Winstead is, but I felt as if a long-lost relative had been found, similar to when you travel foreign lands -- Wisconsin comes to mind -- and meet someone from the same state. I like that, though I didn't hop on the radio and say, "hey, RV-4! I'm in an RV-7A!" What would be the point of that other than I'd sound like some kid trying to get an autograph?
Incidentally, if there's anyone building an RV on the fields in my test area, I'd love to drop down and see it.