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Ed. note: We were
coming home from a ride over into Rancho Santa Margarita and had
some extra daylight, so we decided to stop at the airport on the way
home. Ron Hull's hangar was open, but we didn't see him on the first
pass. Anyway, he was in the cockpit of his RV-7A, updating the
firmware on his Dynon EFIS and EMS. It's been about a year since he
completed the plane, and he expressed total satisfaction with the
way it turned out. Constant speed prop, 8.5:1 carbureted engine, no
vacuum pump because of the electronics, wing-leveler slaved to the
Garmin 296, and an angle-of-attack indicator. Stick-mounted trim and
radio controls, external flap position indicator, oxygen tank mount
and gunsight (just kidding there). Nice paint graphics and interior,
he put Special Treat on the cowling, after his
granddaughter, sort of.
The picture above is from last summer, after paint. We'll see if we
can get a couple of the cockpit interior as finished.... See the
RV-8-in-a-crate behind the left wingtip. Since then, he's done some
serious riveting. He's also taken delivery of wings, tail and canopy
& wind-screen. |
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01/13-- 1279 Member lands after
in-flight
engine failure... |
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first solo flight--
Read
Scott Lenahan's email to
1279's Young Eagle coordinator, Don Evans, about his first solo
flight.... |
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Also--
Granger H. sent in a couple
pictures of the new paint and wings on his Travel Air. The plane's
been in restoration for about a year, I think>>
Member Photos |
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<<12/05--Take a look at
Steve W.'s latest entry about the Pietenpol Project. It's a
look back over the past year's work,
from landing gear geometry in January to wing spar load testing in
November, with a few other things in between!.... |
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