Flight w/Steve on beautiful March afternoon

Got out of school and took advantage of great March afternoon weather-a bit windy but it was blowing straight down the runway so lets go!

Preflight underway-hey is this important?

Fill 'er up-at only $5.80/gallon it makes flying almost economically viable-NOT!

She's a Looker!

Airport in sight.

Everything looking kosher!

Steve and Ed.

Christmas Eve-Where is the Snow?

We had a nice morning today and Rob was itching to go for a short flight so we did. Below are some pictures of our house and MIS speedway from the air. Sure wish we had some snow though!

Rob is safely back on terra firma.

Our house from 2500'.

Rob Redies PIC! Or at least he thinks he is after seeing "Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol".

MIS from the air.

10/1/11-The Trip Home

When I first got to Glasair I was very disappointed-the "to do" list that I left them with a couple of months ago had not been completed. So we went to work and with 4-5 people working on the plane we had everything pretty much buttoned up in a day and a half-except some avionics issues. So I flew the plane down to Aurora, Oregon where Pacific Coast Avionics is located. Within a day there they had me back into the air with the issues pretty much resolved. My flight back went something like this. KUAO to KCOE. KCOE to 6S3. 6S3 to KRAP. KRAP to KFRM. KFRM to KIKK. KIKK to KADG. I was lucky and had good weather all the way back, until the last day when the winds really picked up. The landing that I made at Adrian was not one of my best, but I had a close to 20 mph crosswind. NOT fun!

The plane after final paint-NICE!

You definitely want to fly in this stuff when you can see-those rocks look crazy hard!

9/19/11-More Paint

As you can see they have made good progress on the fuselage. They are supposed to have everything finished at the paint shop by this Wednesday. Then it takes a couple of days to get it back together. I'm flying out to Washington next Monday, the 26th and by Tuesday, depending on weather, I should be able to get in a couple of test flights to verify everything is ready to go. Then its back to Michigan in the next couple of days-(again depending on weather).

9/14/11-Painting!

Finally they are beginning to paint. Estimated time of completion = (2) weeks. Maybe I'll get it home before it snows.

8/30/2011

School starts tomorrow and the plane is still 2-3 weeks out from finishing paint. To say that I'm disappointed would be a huge understatement. I know in the end that the wait will be worth it-but right now I'm not in a good place. This will obviously make getting the plane back to Michigan a much more challenging affair. Stay tuned.

7/13/11-Last Day in Arlington

I got weathered out today-so I got some business settled on the plane and am preparing to get back to Michigan tomorrow morning. N449MF has about (12) hours on it's Hobbs meter as of today. The plane will spend the next 5-6 weeks here in Arlington finishing up some minor items, getting flown another (20) hours by another pilot (Alan Negrin), and getting an oil change at (25)hours. It will go into paint with about (32) hours on the clock and when it comes out of paint I plan on coming back out to Washington, finishing up the (40) hour FAA initial requirement and then flying it home. All of this is dependent on my school schedule. It is going to be really close to see if they can finish while I'm still on break.