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Stereo Music

Ipod, MP3 and satellite radio stereo music in the cockpit is finished and working!! I’ve been wanting a stereo music input in my RV-3 for awhile now. I had satellite XM/Sirius radio in my previous aircraft and love listening to my MP3 collection while flying. A few months ago I did the research and selected a… [Read More]

Delta 4 Launch

I’m a big fan of space flight – have been all my life.  It seems we are launching rockets all the time and almost seems routine, almost.  I don’t remember all that often but when I do, I try to watch whatever is being launched. Today, it was a Delta 4 heavy lift rocket.  VERY… [Read More]

Leaking Hot Tub

My hot tub starting leaking recently. I tried to pretend that it didn’t exist. It still leaked. I tried to ignore it. It still leaked. I tried letting it leak until the water level was low enough that it wouldn’t leak anymore. It still leaked. So, at long last, I decided that I had to… [Read More]

Electronic Flight Bag

There is at least one thing that all aviators agree on – folding sectionals (charts) in an aircraft while airborne is a pain!  Throw in some turbulence, busy airspace, etc… and it can become REALLY fun. Now that I have a good Android Tablet computer (Samsung Galaxy Tab 2), I decided to try an EFB… [Read More]

Bread

As part of my new eating plan, I pretty much gave up on all bread.  However; I was browsing thru the grocery store the other day and found something new (to me, at least).  It is called Nature’s Own Multi-Grain Sandwich Rounds and is really good! Here’s the sandwich I made for lunch using this… [Read More]

Mountainair

I made another breakfast flight to the stylish dirt runway at Mountainair, NM and took the following short video in so doing. I previously mentioned this place in this post.  It is a pretty neat little town. The following two images are my GPS tracks imported into Google Earth. The first is the “going to”… [Read More]

Return from Johnson Creek

<Previous post in this adventure.> Saturday night was beautiful.  An overcast sky kept the temperatures moderate and I stayed toasty and comfortable in my sleeping bag. Nearly everyone awoke early on Sunday and began tearing down camp and stuffing gear into airplanes.  The departures were much more tame this morning.  I was a bit surprised how… [Read More]

Saturday at 3U2

<Previous post in this adventure.> <Next post in this adventure.> Day 3 without a shower. I know… yuck. The moist wipes are helping! 🙂 Believe it or not, this backcountry strip is SO nice it has a shower.  However; there are a LOT of people here and finding a time when there is not a line… [Read More]

Friday at 3U2

<Previous post in this adventure.> <Next post in this adventure.> Friday morning dawned clear and cool at Johnson Creek (3U2) . I was “ok” in my tent and sleeping bag.  Not exactly as warm as I would have liked but far from freezing. An amateur camper in the high mountains and I didn’t freeze to death… [Read More]

To the Backcountry

<Previous post in this adventure.> <Next post in this adventure.> Yes, I already reported being at 3U2 and am now home. Allow me now to back up and explain the adventure in more detail. My buddy flying his RV-4 and I departed New Mexico at the crack of dawn on Thursday and flew mostly towards Price, UT. … [Read More]