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What did you do with your RV this weekend? (6/17-18/2023)
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Desert Rat
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Auburntsts
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My home base, Tampa Executive (KVDF), had a tenant appreciation day (food truck, corn hole, face painting for the kids, etc) and asked a number of us to display our planes on the flightline in front of the terminal. Good time and a great chance to meet my “neighbors”.
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RV8JD
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On Thursday flew up to Hurricane Ridge which is on the north side of the Olympic Peninsula. The Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge, built in 1952, burned to the ground in early May. Hurricane Ridge looks out over the Olympic Mountains to the south.
Olympic Mountains (looking south):
Hurricane Ridge (looking north) with the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Canada in the background:
Overhead the burned out Day Lodge:
Olympic Mountains (looking south):
Hurricane Ridge (looking north) with the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Canada in the background:
Overhead the burned out Day Lodge:
newt
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Practice weekend for the Freedom to Fly Formation Display Team, sponsored by the Sports Aircraft Association of Australia, AvPlan EFB, Skyfuels, UPRT and Punkin Air Sports canopy covers.
We maxed out Cowra (YCWR) for three days. Individual element practices, large formation manoeuvring, and a few run-throughs of our whole show routine.
Dominic from Full Throttle Photography, Lorenzo Hariman and Martin Ongley were there to take photos and video to help us debrief.
We're going to be performing at the Pacific Airshow on the Gold Coast in Australia in August this year. A dozen RVs with a Yak-55 up front. It's going to be epic. 57 cylinders of awesome.
And while I'm here: The whole team is putting in a lot of work to make this thing successful, but I can't say enough good things about the behind the scenes work that's being done by Eddie Seve to make it all work. Everything from chasing sponsorship, to arranging accommodation for our mass training weekends, to ferrying 2000 litres of aerobatic smoke oil around the countryside (we helped him by squirting about 800 litres of it out of our exhaust pipes over the last 3 days). Outstanding work deserving of a special mention.
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We maxed out Cowra (YCWR) for three days. Individual element practices, large formation manoeuvring, and a few run-throughs of our whole show routine.
Dominic from Full Throttle Photography, Lorenzo Hariman and Martin Ongley were there to take photos and video to help us debrief.
We're going to be performing at the Pacific Airshow on the Gold Coast in Australia in August this year. A dozen RVs with a Yak-55 up front. It's going to be epic. 57 cylinders of awesome.
And while I'm here: The whole team is putting in a lot of work to make this thing successful, but I can't say enough good things about the behind the scenes work that's being done by Eddie Seve to make it all work. Everything from chasing sponsorship, to arranging accommodation for our mass training weekends, to ferrying 2000 litres of aerobatic smoke oil around the countryside (we helped him by squirting about 800 litres of it out of our exhaust pipes over the last 3 days). Outstanding work deserving of a special mention.
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ArlingtonRV
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Made a totally bone headed mistake having lunch at Friday Harbor.
https://www.rushesroost.com/post/rv-8-and-the-bonehead-move
https://www.rushesroost.com/post/rv-8-and-the-bonehead-move
Scott Hersha
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First formation flight training this weekend for a newby Cincy River Rat. First flight was a 2-ship with me as lead in my RV6 and IP extraordinaire, Billy Bie riding side saddle with Steve Pollack in his new RV7. Very successful first flight, more to come with him going forward. Then I flew to Middletown, OH (close by) for the National Aeronca Association Annual Convention. A field full of “Air - Nockers” was something to see.
Billy getting ready for the briefing:
Air Nockers:
Billy getting ready for the briefing:
Air Nockers:
ronrapp
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I took my son up for his first night flight.
We flew out to see some family for a Father's Day BBQ and enjoyed a perfectly clear return trip during the final vestiges of sunset. I had told my son that flying at night was a particular joy of mine because the air tends to be smooth, the skies less crowded, ATC more accommodating, and you can slide back the RV-6's canopy sun shade to enjoy the stars.
The city lights over southern California fascinated him to the point that he almost forgot to ask if he could fly.
Almost.
--Ron
P.S. Excuse the poor photography. Best I could do under the circumstances.
We flew out to see some family for a Father's Day BBQ and enjoyed a perfectly clear return trip during the final vestiges of sunset. I had told my son that flying at night was a particular joy of mine because the air tends to be smooth, the skies less crowded, ATC more accommodating, and you can slide back the RV-6's canopy sun shade to enjoy the stars.
The city lights over southern California fascinated him to the point that he almost forgot to ask if he could fly.
Almost.
--Ron
P.S. Excuse the poor photography. Best I could do under the circumstances.
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I read your blog and you never mentioned what was the bonehead mistake(s). I don’t think it was forgetting your phone.
lessons learned?
ArlingtonRV
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Forgetting the phone was the bone head mistake. It's something I've never done before. My father (retired United pilot) recommending adding "Phone" as a pre-engine start checklist item.
RV8Squaz
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I finally got the new prop governor installed. See posts number 7 and 19 in this thread, https://vansairforce.net/community/showthread.php?t=217342. Since the oil filter was in the way, I couldn’t finish the oil change until I got the governor installed. Any way, I got it all rigged properly, finished the oil change, and rolled the airplane outside for an engine run and leak check. I didn’t make any changes to the propeller low pitch stop so that should still be set properly, but I checked anyway. 2650 rpm… perfect. The prop cycled perfectly. This governor seemed to cycle the prop more aggressively at 1700-1800 rpm than the old one. The old one always seemed sluggish at 1800 rpm. This one seems more normal. And no leaks! So the cowl went back on. Too late and too tired for a test flight, it would have to wait until the next day.
The next day, Sunday, I made a a plan for flying to BQ1 for some awesome North Carolina barbecue at the famed Pik n Pig with an alternate plan of remaining in the pattern, landing, and having to readjust the governor. Shortly after takeoff, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The rpm was holding at 2710! This governor was set up perfectly out of the box. I got up to cruise speed and played with the prop lever a bit. All was good and I continued with the primary plan. I climbed up to 11,500’ once clear of the Atlanta Class B and enjoyed a nice smooth ride and a 20 knot tailwind. Life’s good!
When I arrived, there were already half a dozen Cessnas and Pipers parked and there was a small crowd outside. I wasn’t even out of the airplane before some folks came over and started asking the usual questions and complimenting the airplane. It took me 20 minutes to walk the 10 paces to the restaurant, but it’s always fun to talk about my beloved RV.
And the BBQ did not disappoint. It was great along with the banana pudding! I hadn’t been back since the old building burned down. The new restaurant is great! I’ll be back!
Ok, so I did have a headwind coming back, but it was so nice and smooth at 12,500, I was enjoying the ride. Closer to Atlanta, I had to dip below the Bravo and circumnavigate some showers. Approach cautioned me about wake turbulence from a DAL A350 and asked if I had him in sight. I reported that I had the “company” traffic in sight. It brought a a self-induced grin to my face. I love my job and it pays for my airplane habit; what’s not to like?!
Today, as my weekend continues, I applied some paint protection film to the leading edges of the flaps. My airplane’s paint was recently “touched up.”
Looking forward to the next RV adventure!
P.S. I can’t figure out how to un-rotate these pictures.
The next day, Sunday, I made a a plan for flying to BQ1 for some awesome North Carolina barbecue at the famed Pik n Pig with an alternate plan of remaining in the pattern, landing, and having to readjust the governor. Shortly after takeoff, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The rpm was holding at 2710! This governor was set up perfectly out of the box. I got up to cruise speed and played with the prop lever a bit. All was good and I continued with the primary plan. I climbed up to 11,500’ once clear of the Atlanta Class B and enjoyed a nice smooth ride and a 20 knot tailwind. Life’s good!
When I arrived, there were already half a dozen Cessnas and Pipers parked and there was a small crowd outside. I wasn’t even out of the airplane before some folks came over and started asking the usual questions and complimenting the airplane. It took me 20 minutes to walk the 10 paces to the restaurant, but it’s always fun to talk about my beloved RV.
And the BBQ did not disappoint. It was great along with the banana pudding! I hadn’t been back since the old building burned down. The new restaurant is great! I’ll be back!
Ok, so I did have a headwind coming back, but it was so nice and smooth at 12,500, I was enjoying the ride. Closer to Atlanta, I had to dip below the Bravo and circumnavigate some showers. Approach cautioned me about wake turbulence from a DAL A350 and asked if I had him in sight. I reported that I had the “company” traffic in sight. It brought a a self-induced grin to my face. I love my job and it pays for my airplane habit; what’s not to like?!
Today, as my weekend continues, I applied some paint protection film to the leading edges of the flaps. My airplane’s paint was recently “touched up.”
Looking forward to the next RV adventure!
P.S. I can’t figure out how to un-rotate these pictures.
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KiloWhiskey1
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Great write up Jerry. Great to start reading about your weekend RV8 flights again.
My iPhone pictures do the same thing. I’ve found that if I use the iPhone’s photo editor and rotate the pictures 360 degrees they will appear correctly when attached on VAF posts. It’s weird how they appear to have the original orientation after rotating in the photo editor, but it corrects the orientation for VAF.
I hope this helps.
Keith
Made our longest trek yet on Saturday. Although at RV speeds it doesn't sound too impressive. We went to the Mid Atlantic gathering of RVs in Maryland from Western NY. Only took an hour to get there but almost 1.5 hours to return due to the headwind. Our friends couldn't believe we flew to Maryland and back and were back home by 4PM. That includes being 30 minutes from our hangar.
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Roadjunkie1
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You went WHERE for lunch....???
I try to be casual
when I say I flew up to Columbus, MT to take Allen and Larry to lunch. 2.5 hours one way (385 miles). If I left early enough, I could take them to breakfast and be back HOME by lunch! Magic carpets indeed!!
I try to be casual
when I say I flew up to Columbus, MT to take Allen and Larry to lunch. 2.5 hours one way (385 miles). If I left early enough, I could take them to breakfast and be back HOME by lunch! Magic carpets indeed!!
RV8Squaz
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Thank you very much Keith. I’ll give that a try next time.
Yup, feels good to get back into regular RV flying. Glad you enjoyed the write-up. Looking forward to more trip and bbq write-ups.
