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ADS-B Equipment

Aircraft Spruce recently announced their new Freeflight XPlorer ADS-B Receiver.  Very interesting product. It appears to be quite similar to the Stratus unit marketed by Sporty’s for the iPad.  I’m anxious to see which of the Android aviation app providers interface to any of these units.

Oil Change

Just like my car last week, my RV-3 was due for an oil change. Not exactly my favorite job but it isn’t the worst either.  Out came the old milk jugs and off came the cowling. I have one of those handy-dandy quick drain fittings on my Lycoming O-320 so draining the oil is about… [Read More]

48 Miles

I’m pretty happy with myself! I cycled every day last week but one – that was an on-purpose rest day.  I didn’t try to kill myself with pace nor distance but was hoping to get my wrists and arms used to it. With all that in mind, I pedaled my bike 48 miles last week! … [Read More]

Tire Maintenance

I had several issues to resolve on my Vans RV-3B: The right main gear shimmies. Tire Pressure constantly leaking. Tires wearing on the outside and need rotated. I figured I w0uld take a stab at resolving these issues. The shimmy problem will probably take a couple of tries to resolve.   It can be really bad… [Read More]

Tomatoes

My one tomato plant has started producing!  The following photo is of the first two tomatoes to come off the plant. I’m eating them like apples and loving every juicy drop!!

Cycling

I’ve been sorely in need of exercise.  Yes, I’m loosing weight. However; it seems that everyone in the know will tell you that  a healthy body requires exercise.  I could argue that my fingers dance across a keyboard all day long and that should be plenty of exercise… but we all know that isn’t true…. [Read More]

Utah Photos

I was looking thru my stash of photos of my recent trip to Idaho and the following stood out.  I wish I was a better photographer and had better equipment, please forgive me for that and just focus on how gorgeous this terrain is!  You can click on them for a larger version. The first… [Read More]

Tail Dragger I hate your guts

This is a little poem that has been making the rounds for a few years.  I’m not sure who wrote it but I like it! Tail Dragger I hate your guts I have the license, ratings and such, but to make you go straight is driving me nuts. With hours of teaching and controls in… [Read More]

Faith?

Give the following article a read and then tell me who has more faith – an atheist/evolutionist or one the believes in God and intelligent design! http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/14/13-incredibly-lucky-earth-facts/ For someone to believe that all these things (plus millions/billions more) accidentally occurred in the exactly necessary way and time, they must have REAL faith. Sorry, it’s hogwash –… [Read More]

Negrito Camping

I did a little Negrito camping this past weekend. Negrito is a USFS back country airstrip located in the Gila Wilderness Area of southwest New Mexico.  What a wonderfully peaceful setting. I departed for the Gila immediately after work. For July in New Mexico, it was a relatively cool day.  However; that 92 degree OAT… [Read More]