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Old 07-25-2012, 06:39 PM
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RV12EAB, the white cable appears to be a battery cable.
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Old 07-25-2012, 06:49 PM
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I got a tee shirt from Stein and had it signed by the Kings, you know the ones who put out the pilot training courses. The course my daughter is using to get her private pilot ticket. I had a picture of her on the forum when she soloed on the 4th of July. She should be taking her private pilot check ride on the 31st of July or The 1st of Aug.
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Old 07-26-2012, 02:55 PM
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It is all that said above. I have no pics (so tune out if you wish), but had a great flight up from Ga w/co pilot Jeff Rescheule ( 701 driver who is rebuilding an RV6A). We tried leaving Sat. but weather bad so aborted. Left Sun. at 7am and had a nice ride up in N678AD stopping at GLW,DNV,DKB (free hot dogs and water at DNV). Had to use 100ll all the way as no 91 available at stops. The ride was a good one, but not as quick as the RV6A I flew up in 2007. Total time with fuel stops was 9 hrs from Atlanta area (9A1). In the heat it was a long ride. Ditto retuning on Wed. and we bucked a 35KT. headwind after departing on 18 that lasted one hour. The return took 9 hrs as well, ( I know that doesn't explain headwind, but you know some parts are quicker) but the weather gods were kind resulting in a great (but long) ride. Very happy with the 12 and it's Rotax performance. Saw most of what is shown in the earlier posts pics. The R14 is an interesting addition to Van's fleet. It's larger size and power shows that the group in Aurora is always thinking ahead. Only problem was some big guy climbing out of the 14 stepped on the no step part of wing getting off. High point of visit was meeting Steve Garret, Jetguy, and Rdog. Later John Bender walked by my RV12 and said hello. I wanted to talk with him, but was engaged in a chat with the party tented in front of me, and John gave up and left before I heard her whole story about building 9 airplanes. It was a very interesting story, and maybe we'll meet again John with more time. Also had a chance to see and say hello to Ken Scott at Van's tent. Took my trial RV ride with Ken at Hillsboro in '97. All in all Airventure is a great adventure and I recommend if you haven't done it yet do it, and you won't be sorry.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:01 PM
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We had a storm go through today and blew a WWI replica onto a WWII P51 replica. The WWII plane was totaled but thr P51 lost his canopy and got some scratches. That's Steve Garrett's (parisman) airplane in the foreground.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:12 PM
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This storm had up to 60kts gust. On the left is Garrett's RV12 next is swettie and on the right is ours, N1212k. All of our planes stayed tied down but every one was straining the tied owns because the wind shifted the noses to the left about 15 degrees. I highly recommend a tail stand. The tail stands kept all of our planes from hitting their tails during this micro burst. Yyou could also tie down the nose wheel.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:12 PM
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Colin, I saw a pic of Steve's RV12 on another thread (storm). I take it the 12 is ok despite dropping on the tail. Sure hope so. I didn't use a tail support, but do like the nose tie down I used on mine. Maybe need both?
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:18 PM
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Does anyone remember the forums sign. Those are about 3 foot concrete cylinders that use to hold up the forum sign that looked like the one below.
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Old 07-26-2012, 05:59 PM
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Monday we broke a record. Somewhere above 100f
I got blamed for bringing the triple digit heat up from Wichita Falls.
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Old 07-27-2012, 07:05 AM
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My plane appears to have survived the storm. I did have a tail stand, but the attachment point on the tie down ring appears to have broken when the wind gusts hit from the side. Then the tail went to the ground, but without damage. Next time I will have a nose wheel tie down and a stronger tail stand attachment. Lucky, lucky.
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Old 07-27-2012, 12:33 PM
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Mighty happy to hear your 12 was not damaged Steve. Glad we left out Wed. as storms Thurs were sure rough looking, and it looks like OSH is getting more (rain anyway) today. Good luck when your team flies out to TX. Enjoyed meeting and chatting with you folks.
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