BruceEicher
Well Known Member
A long summer's summery.
We took no big trips this season. But not a problem because there are plenty of closer places to enjoy aviation and its community, for sure I am pleased to be in Oregon! We have been lucky to average over a flight a week, staying mostly local, but having a ball!
Our German exchange student, (met first on VAF!) loves to fly. This is one moment of 27 RV flight hours (in four different planes) he received during his exchange year.
Flew brother Mika to Twin Oaks EAA breakfast, cashier duty, served about 300 pilots and friends.
After breakfast Flew Matthis to Crater Lake and back home before lunch. Checked out one good hard runway with camping and passed over another that currently is closed due to large runway cracks.
To Manzanita for a walk on the beach with Katie, minpin Hana, plus five more planes (4 RVs) full of friends, lunch in town and back again. This strip is a favorite camping spot of ours. No trip to the coast is complete without some surf flying.
Flight with RV-7A builder Klaus-Peter. I handled the TO and LDG, he flew me on a scenic tour of Mt Hood and the Columbia Gorge. Klaus is a few weeks from getting final authorization to fly his new built -7A from German authorities. Ask him how much he envies us in our more free country.
Closed store Saturday at 5:30, Katie and I were in Sunriver in time for dinner with two local RV-10 friends (that also brought Matthis and Anke) in their weekend home. All six of us Flew home Sunday afternoon after another meal, a bike ride along a river and a cold hike in a long, deep lava tube. Matthis asked to switch seats, so Katie got her second ride in a -10, me still 0!Flights this weekend had a slight challenge dodging some thunder shower activity.
We took no big trips this season. But not a problem because there are plenty of closer places to enjoy aviation and its community, for sure I am pleased to be in Oregon! We have been lucky to average over a flight a week, staying mostly local, but having a ball!
Our German exchange student, (met first on VAF!) loves to fly. This is one moment of 27 RV flight hours (in four different planes) he received during his exchange year.
Flew brother Mika to Twin Oaks EAA breakfast, cashier duty, served about 300 pilots and friends.
After breakfast Flew Matthis to Crater Lake and back home before lunch. Checked out one good hard runway with camping and passed over another that currently is closed due to large runway cracks.
To Manzanita for a walk on the beach with Katie, minpin Hana, plus five more planes (4 RVs) full of friends, lunch in town and back again. This strip is a favorite camping spot of ours. No trip to the coast is complete without some surf flying.
Flight with RV-7A builder Klaus-Peter. I handled the TO and LDG, he flew me on a scenic tour of Mt Hood and the Columbia Gorge. Klaus is a few weeks from getting final authorization to fly his new built -7A from German authorities. Ask him how much he envies us in our more free country.
Closed store Saturday at 5:30, Katie and I were in Sunriver in time for dinner with two local RV-10 friends (that also brought Matthis and Anke) in their weekend home. All six of us Flew home Sunday afternoon after another meal, a bike ride along a river and a cold hike in a long, deep lava tube. Matthis asked to switch seats, so Katie got her second ride in a -10, me still 0!Flights this weekend had a slight challenge dodging some thunder shower activity.