Big bird ready for departure, I set it up Thursday pm and staged at the hangar in Boulder city for the flight to el mirage the next morning. Thanks to the guys at BFE!
...Cantilevered platform hanging off the rear of his RV- Not a trailer at all. Wires suspend the platform's rear edge.
The extensions above the RV roof hide...
First, note the gas tank / seat. We were considering using these to extend our range at times. Two of these in a trike in place of the seats, would be 2x 10 gallons. Or, 375 more miles of range !!! (If your butt and bladder could handle that!)
Even Janet thought it was cool. They sell stuff to Hollywood and Museums but never tell them you are buying the part for your plane.
We didn't get to go inside on THIS trip, but there will be more get togethers. Next is Salton Sea- Date TBD ~ February
...lane diving off the edge of a cliff is an attention-getter -- the tiny, two-seat, two-engine, bubble-canopied, tundra-tired airplane shows off some extreme flying capabilities ......
The ground had a tile-like texture. I wondered how long it had been since the river overflowed its banks to flood here. I turned out to be not too long ago. I wandered into...