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2018 Far East Trip

The 2018 Far East Trip is officially “ON”!! In general, New Mexico to Minnesota for a family wedding and some time at the home office. Then to near St. Louis to visit more family. Then, who knows… Maybe to Ohio to visit more family… Or… maybe I’ll have had enough of the far east and… [Read More]

Rain, Rain and Monsoon Rain!

Lots of rain at the Hacienda! This is what the southwest calls the “monsoon season” and it is sure is!! The weather guessers typically predict no rain – or a very low chance of it – and partly cloudy every day. Every day big thunderstorms build in the early afternoon and drop rain. Sometimes LOTS… [Read More]

Lightspeed Sierra Headset

Some of my flying mates have been complaining – LOUDLY – that something was wrong with my aircraft communication. The electronic bits… not my mouth/English/verbiage bits… I’ve been using a Quiet Technologies Halo in-ear headset for a number of years and really like it. There is no clamping pressure on one’s head, it is very light,… [Read More]

Another Backcountry Flying-Camping Trip

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Three airplanes and five folks (including me) headed to the Idaho backcountry on June 22. This is a bit later than normal for us due to job constraints. This actually worked well for me as it provided a bit of time to get the Grand Rapids EIS engine monitor installed. We weren’t sure what to… [Read More]

Promised exterior photos…

A week or so ago I promised some exterior photos of Missy’s new air conditioners/heat pumps and vents. As promised…

The Annual Purge

Once again, the annual purge and reorganization day(s) arrived much too quickly. Nonetheless, I found a nice 100 degree New Mexico day and started pouring the contents of Missy’s basement out onto the ground. The mess outside was immense. I guess that’s the downside of having a huge basement.  The following is NOT all of… [Read More]

Hot Enough?? How about some COLD air??

Continuing the cold air saga that I began in this post… The installation of the rear Air Conditioner/Heat Pump and Fan-Tastic vent was a duplication of the front. Except the second time around was much smoother and there was no learning curve – just repeat what worked. I purchased a set of these Coleman 8530-3481… [Read More]

Too busy to share??

The past couple weeks have been busy, busy, busy… Afraid I don’t have time to give details right now but a few photos may give you a hint as to my activities. Don’t worry – I’ll fill you in on all the gory details soon! 🙂

Roof Mounted RV Air Conditioning

Most RV’s and motorhomes have self-contained air conditioning units mounted on the roof. Missy has a BIG air conditioning system that is powered by the engine (alternator and compressor) but that does me no good while parked. The other negative about her existing system is that it consumes a huge amount of space in the… [Read More]

Engine Information System (EIS) Installation

As you’ve probably seen from the photos I’ve posted, the ‘ole RV-4 (still nameless) has a very dated instrument panel. The necessities are there, of course, but little else. I previously mentioned (here) the planning for a new panel. However; all of the years activities have put a damper on that work. With the warm… [Read More]