Princeton Convention

[Vlad]

Mark Santoleri visited Princeton today.









He didn't stay long but we managed to put him to work on RV12. We were joining tailcone and needed extra hand.







Everything is spotless on his Lindy. He always has the newest gadgets.







Thanks for coming Mark!

[Vlad]

My older cousin Don showed up today in his newly purchased RV9A. He ferried the plane himself from Arizona couple months ago.






Beautiful paint job. Nice functional panel.













Later we flew two ships to a golf course. Don did great job landing on narrow upslope runway.








Of course restaurant was closed we missed it by 15 minutes.







Hungry, we rushed somewhere else. Missed that place too. Cousin left hungry he said he will munch his emergency food ration. Time was a premium he had to be home in VA in couple hours






Thanks Don for coming. It was quite an experience.

[Don]

Vlad, Thank you for the hospitality. Jeff's RV-12 was the first one I've seen under construction and it looks like you guys are doing a good job. And thanks for getting me a landing (two actually) in PA.

I'm still learning the RV-9A (I've flown 40+ hours since November)...but I still find it hard to believe that in just a few hours I crossed the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, flew past Philadelphia, met you in Princeton, then we hopped over to Pennsylvania (Jeff told me privately you *knew* the restaurant was closed so you wouldn't have to pay for lunch). On the way home, I could see NY City to the left and Philly to the right. Great visibility today. But what I'm learning is the RV can get me where I want to go quickly...and economically. All of this was in 4.5 hours on the Hobbs and 32 gallons of fuel and I wasn't going for economy cruise (75% power up there and 65% back).

And thanks for the trip to Butter Valley (7N8). I'd have never gone there if I realized before hand that the paved runway was 24' wide and 1,535' long and located in a bit of a hole, between two rows of pine trees, with a roller-coaster runway. It was actually a lot of fun and not as difficult as it sounds.

Next time I come, I'll make sure I have all day.

[Vlad]

This weekend was Flash Mob Squadron invasion.


First aircraft delivered two prominent figures. Figure #1 Jeff the Fisherman





On his recent fishing trip down south he caught the biggest piranha evar






His buddy Jim is the only certified operator of internal-combustion-engine-driven-blender. They forwarded nice picture to me I misplaced it somewhere.


Edit: found gas powered blender operator picture.










I was in the middle of quaterly condition inspection and they brought me a boroscope. We tried to calibrate proper coloring but got hungry, harnessed MINI and motored to local diner instead.





Breakfast was good, hangar lies flew left and right. I was so excited and forgot to check aprs spy net. Somebody else was on the way.


Jeff and Jim left. Their airport has very spiritual name and they were planning a BBQ.

[Vlad]

Minutes after they took off my dumb phone rang.
-Hey Vlad where are you located on the field?
-Wait a sec, FOLLOW ME car is on the way.






Glen arrived from Virginia in his shiny Devastator. It's a bit of a ride from his farm but Glen could fly long xcountries. He works for undisclosed company on international business machines out of secret location on his farm. He has so many spy gadgets I am jealous. He was at Princeton and was able to monitor a situation in his bunker.





He just completely redid his panel. There were tons of round gages and now this





We parked his plane closer and went to the same diner. Waitress laughed when she saw me coming for lunch one hour after breakfast


Situation at Glen's farm became a bit saturated and he had to leave. Director of Operations at our airport can influence weather I asked him for 50 kts tail wind. How many knots you got Glen?

[humptybump]

Great to visit Russian Aircraft Factory ! The only requirement seems to be "no paint allowed inside"

Fun but short visit.

Head winds both ways

[Vlad]

Uniformed PA gang stopped by on the way to Sky Manor restaurant. Great suggestions and a boost of motivation were given to RV12 project. Thanks Dave, Mark and Al for stopping by.






Award winning RV12 by David Valcik.






What did they see in my RV? Caption contest...





Oh, and I finally got my promised mirror. Free of charge of course. Went up and tested it for two hours works great thanks again David!

[Dvalcik]

Originally Posted by Vlad

What did they see in my RV? Caption contest

I'm not going to touch this Caption contest, so much room to play with

I will leave this up to our other VAF buddies, but can't wait to see the comments!

BTW, the 12 is looking good



Good seeing you, let us know if you need any help. Also Vlad you really do need a mirror (Keep an eye on your 6!)