The weather was iffy but flyable so I decided to take care of some of these high speed taxi tests. The weather needs to be flyable even if you’re only planning to stay on the ground, because murphy’s law dictates … Continue reading
I decided that before I start taking folks up for flights, I really need to investigate the envelope a bit. Today’s plan was to do simple straight ahead stalls… The takeoff went well, and climbing out to the local west … Continue reading
Made it! After spending an entire extra day in Merritt waiting for the winds to calm down, today seemed a bit better, and the Hope webcams showed enough of a break that we figured it was worth a shot (we … Continue reading
Checking out of the hotel this morning, the weather looked so-so, but we headed to the airport with high expectations. As we loaded up the planes, I found a computer to check the weather and webcams along our intended route. … Continue reading
We got to the airport early enough to start our trip before the sun got too high, and did a final inspection of the plane. It took a bit longer than planned getting all the extras into the jeep, say … Continue reading