WDYDWYRTW? 6 / 28-29 / 2025

[DeltaRomeo]

* what did you do with your RV this weekend?

... getting this weekend thread started, and hope you are having a wonderful one.
v/r,dr

 

[Weefle]

Today was Discover Aviation Day. The Vernon flying club ( CYVK) flew approximately 130 young potential aviators. We had 9 aircraft/ pilots. The weather was great and a lot of smiles both RV and others was evident today. A big shout out to all the volunteers who make days like this such a success.

 

[Foghorn]

Been working on sky designs wheel pants. Ready to fly now. Paint after our 4th of July trip.

 

[lucas2696]

Started ripping it apart for avionics, and LED lights all around.
Adding 2 G5s, GNX 375, GTR 205x, GFC 500, heated pitot, FlyLEDS landing lights, and Whelen LED nav-strobes. This is gonna be my life for the next several weeks.

 

[rv6n6r]

Took my RV for a checkride and came back with this

 

[olyolson]

In conjunction with the annual condition inspection just spent a couple weeks pulling the panel to rearrange some circuit breakers and the aux battery bus, install a Flight Data Systems GD-40 carbon monoxide detector and a flap position sensor. Happy to report it’s all back together this weekend and working again. The entire panel has quick disconnects so getting it in or out only takes about 30 minutes.

 

[RNB]

Final building inspection in new workshop Monday. Power on, AC cold so moving day is today.

 

[Marlonyoung]

Finished the canopy frame, then went for a quick rip to the coast

 

[plehrke]

A couple years ago I Rebuilt my old rudder that had 0.016” skins and a few cracks. Did not paint it then so this past couple of weeks my Hangar mate help me get it painted back to original paint scheme. I don’t show all the steps but it was first painted white. The white burst was masked off and rest painted blue. Then everything was masked and gold was added. It had to be on and off the vertical tail several times to match up with the points on the vertical.
Got back in the air and Flew twice this weekend. Feels good to again fly with the sun behind me (and flies 5 knots faster)

 

[RV7 To Go]

Had a nice flight to check out the cottage we rented for week after next. Looks ok.

 

[Swiss14A]

Hei guys
My wife and I are on our yearly two weeks flying holiday. Because of the hot temperatures around the mediterranean sea (around 33°C/91F) we went north. One of the goals of many european flyers is to fly around north cape, the northern most point of european mainland. But my goal was the lofoten in Norway , just one hour short of north cape. A beautiful archipelago high up in the north. And Norway is spectacular anyway with its mountains and glaciers down to the sea. Although can be challenging weatherwise because all the weather from the atlantic sea will hit the norwegian coast. With some encouragement of Dan57 we dared to use a weather window and headed north. And it was worth it! The Lofoten are above the polar circle, so the sun never goes down these days. We hiked and enjoyed nature for three days before heading south and into Sweden . Right now we are spending time in a tiny house on Gotland, an island in the baltic sea. Here some impressions.


First impression of Norway in the Oslo area


Flying North




Glaciers straight into the sea


Second biggest glacier in Norway




And beyond just a lot of water and then Greenland…


Rørvik ENRM


Swedish south east coast


Happy after reaching Leknes ENLK on the Lofoten

 

[Estevanb]

Congrats @Swiss14A for the exciting trip and thank you for sharing these incredible pictures!

 

[flightlogic]

Hei guys
My wife and I are on our yearly two weeks flying holiday. Because of the hot temperatures around the mediterranean sea (around 33°C/91F) we went north. One of the goals of many european flyers is to fly around north cape, the northern most point of european mainland. But my goal was the lofoten in Norway , just one hour short of north cape. A beautiful archipelago high up in the north. And Norway is spectacular anyway with its mountains and glaciers down to the sea. Although can be challenging weatherwise because all the weather from the atlantic sea will hit the norwegian coast. With some encouragement of Dan57 we dared to use a weather window and headed north. And it was worth it! The Lofoten are above the polar circle, so the sun never goes down these days. We hiked and enjoyed nature for three days before heading south and into Sweden . Right now we are spending time in a tiny house on Gotland, an island in the baltic sea. Here some impressions.

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First impression of Norway in the Oslo area

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Flying North

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Glaciers straight into the sea

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Second biggest glacier in Norway

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And beyond just a lot of water and then Greenland…

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Rørvik ENRM

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Swedish south east coast

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Happy after reaching Leknes ENLK on the Lofoten

I am always surprised how my photos of glacier flying in Alaska look just like flying in Norway. Just a different language down below. An RV is a magic carpet.

 

[Swiss14A]

I am always surprised how my photos of glacier flying in Alaska look just like flying in Norway. Just a different language down below. An RV is a magic carpet.

Yes true. I also sent a picture home and got one from a flying buddy from Switzerland and they nearly look identical just lakes instead of sea…