Engine compression tested at 85/87 on all four cold cylinders. I replaced a few nuts and some hose clamps. Everything else got a scrub down.
I was experimenting with my color choices on a piece of Dacron adhesive material. I don't like any of it! Looks like the camo pattern is on hold.
Another flight up to 13,999 ft. This time over 3 deep valleys carved into a 12,500 ft high plateau. I...blue 6000 ft above the valley floors. How is this possible? It'...h the video and pictures to prove it.
Scattered clouds were ev...
...ere are the western buttes of MV. The winds were 30 mph of the north, as we crept past MV with a ground...near 50mph all the way to Cal Black Airport, near Lake Powell. The winds eased off to calm...
Paul and I are heading north into Colorado. This time, our goal is to rea...f the mountains north of Pagosa around mid-day. We have enough fuel to go no...ll top off our tanks at Stevens Field in Pagosa Springs so we can explore th...
We flew out to Winslow Arizona for our first stop of the day. We refueled and scarfed down an sandwitch and headed out again. A few miles to the west was Meteor Crater. I circled over the crater which was a strong fun thermal generator now at 2pm.
We continued on to the edge of the Mt Taylor Plateau. We stayed high to stay clear of the winds rotoring off the summit our right side.
I was flying up the Rio Puerco basin and I saw this "window" cut into a wall of rock. The opening is 42 ft across, see the shadow of my trike to check the size. It would be a tight fit. I flew over the window.
...before dawn (moonlight) for flight to Yosemite. (Jake still sleeping ;) The wind was so bad that nigh...etter and drove the RV's around them to block the howling winds. Vance (gyro guy) emailed me t...