[DeltaRomeo]

What did you do with your RV this weekend?
Saturday is starting off windy here in DFW, with 35kts at 3,000 and lots of turb. A morning to mow and do laundry LOL. Hope your local is less bumpy.
v/r,dr

 

[RV8JD]

@ArlingtonRV and I flew our two RV-8s over to another airport for lunch Saturday. His Red, White, and Blue with stars RV-8 (which BTW, is the July calendar pic) proved to be a real chick magnet! And they were about his speed too!



I just found this juxtaposition and the RV-8's reputed reputation humorous at the time.

(Disclaimer: No offense intended to anyone based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, political affiliation (except Socialists), nose-gear pilots, pilots/builders of RVs other than RV-8s, DR or his Admins and their wives, husbands, and/or significant others. Whew, I hope I got everyone! )

 

[Kyle Boatright]

Doug is right, it was windy in Dallas. And everywhere between there and Atlanta. We launched out of Cartersville (NW of Atlanta) for a trip to Sulphur Springs (just East of Dallas) yesterday morning. I picked a southerly route (through Meridian Mississippi) to avoid some of the headwind. No telling if the headwinds on the direct route were worse, but the southerly route had a 30 knot headwind at 6500' which appeared to be the best altitude. At least the ride was smooth. Because of the headwinds, we had to land, so I picked Greenville MS and landed in 21knots G28 about 30 degrees off runway heading. When we parked, I faced the RV-10 directly into the wind, which was an odd look on the ramp. Conditions were similar on our landing at KSLR and did the same thing when I parked the airplane. I really didn't want to test those big 'ol doors in a 30 knot crosswind gust.

On the other hand, the trip back (minus two passengers and their bags) went quickly. Most of the flight was at 10,500 with a 30 knot tailwind. Ground speeds averaged something like 195 knots, with a total block speed of 186 knots.