Fulltime RV Living Adventures
Last weekend a friend asked me to fly to breakfast with him in his Cessna 195 – a beautiful antique airplane! We made an experimental trip to Reserve, NM and found a great little airport and some wonderful food! The following video is a short production of the trip. Thanks Dave!
The past couple weeks I have been back in my old home – Mid Valley Airpark. My friends have treated me well and I’ve done enough flying to satisfy the urge. Thank you guys! I am truly blessed with all the wonderful friends that I have. Seeing friends all summer in Montana and then returning… [Read More]
My little remote control UDI U818A quadcopter has provided a lot of fun over the last few weeks. I feel like I’m starting to get a bit of a handle on it. It no longer feels totally out of control. That said, I still have to be careful to keep it facing away from me… [Read More]
When I sold my Vans RV-3, Daisy, all of my friends predicted that I would not be without an aircraft for long. They were right. I have purchased a brand spanking new aircraft and I am back in the air (so to speak). I lasted nearly four months. This is her. She is a UDI… [Read More]
Once again, we were blessed with warm overnight temps so I slept well. An early departure to the north took us to Big Creek for the lodge rebuilding fund raiser. Interestingly, we got there before they were ready to serve breakfast! Apparently those Idaho folks are not early risers like we are! 🙂 Rebuilding the… [Read More]
Note: This is part 2 of this trip. Part 1 is here. Arriving in the Idaho backcountry is always a thrill for me. The beauty is simply unbelievable and the rush of landing at these airstrips – even Johnson Creek (which is a pretty mild place) gets the blood pumping. Our arrival at went smoothly… [Read More]
My annual trek to the Idaho backcountry is something that I really look forward to. This year, the plan was pretty much the same as previous years. An RV-4 friend and I (me in my RV-3) would motor up north and spent a few days exploring the beauty of the Idaho backcountry as well as… [Read More]
Are you lacking airmanship? Sadly, many pilots do not even know what this word, airmanship, means. This from Wikipedia: “Airmanship is skill and knowledge applied to aerial navigation, similar to seamanship in maritime navigation. Airmanship covers a broad range of desirable behaviors and abilities in an aviator. It is not simply a measure of skill… [Read More]
This past week I uploaded some more raw flying video footage from my Drift HD camera to my computer and I thought: “Self, you have a lot of good video footage but you have done nothing with it in at least six months. You should be ashamed.” I am ashamed. The problem is that processing… [Read More]
I have a friend who is building a Thatcher CX-4. He had been working on his elevator trim installation and had put the trim control on the right side of the aircraft and the throttle on the left. This triggered some thoughts that other builders may find useful so I figured I would document them… [Read More]
