tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30174851364196302642024-03-12T18:17:10.229-07:00Chad and Bekah's RV-7This site shows the years of construction, first flights, and the continued adventures of Chad and Bekah in our RV-7Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.comBlogger502125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-91184298523847222322015-08-23T18:36:00.001-07:002015-08-25T11:51:19.772-07:00"The Alvord" - - Weekend Trip to the Desert<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dhcqvst292s/VdpiWI88WmI/AAAAAAAAFF4/yjF2F6Udshk/s1600/Facebook%2BHome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dhcqvst292s/VdpiWI88WmI/AAAAAAAAFF4/yjF2F6Udshk/s320/Facebook%2BHome.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VabC2JFScZk/VdpiXtnoJOI/AAAAAAAAFGQ/K0-DxG-l7gA/s1600/IMG_0856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VabC2JFScZk/VdpiXtnoJOI/AAAAAAAAFGQ/K0-DxG-l7gA/s200/IMG_0856.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-udfH7wX_6t4/VdpiWmAzglI/AAAAAAAAFGA/lakH8B8mlQ8/s1600/IMG_0850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-udfH7wX_6t4/VdpiWmAzglI/AAAAAAAAFGA/lakH8B8mlQ8/s200/IMG_0850.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my goals in the RV has been to make it to Alvord
Desert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its in the Southeast corner of
Oregon and sits at about 4100 feet in Elevation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 3 hours from Seattle with a stop in
Burns Oregon for Fuel, the desert is definitely in reach for a weekend
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The summer has been so nice in
Seattle, but of course the day of the flight to Alvord, Paine was low IFR and
scheduled to be until about Mid Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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good for an IFR departure, so I filed to Burns and off we went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At about 500 feet we were in the clouds but
it only lasted for about 10 mins..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
we were in and out for the first ½ hour of the flight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I filed for 7K, but asked for 9 since we
could see the blue above us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They finally
gave us 9K and we climbed right out to the blue on top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Got some fuel in Burns, and went the 1/2 hour to Alvord on full tanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such an amazing experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some photos and a video of our
departure the following day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just an
overnight, but with stargazing, fireworks, rockets, flares, drones and all kinds of fun
night activities it really was a great get away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flight home was uneventful, we stopped in
The Dalles for fuel, and with a slight headwind make it home in just over 3 ½ hours.</span><br />
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<br />Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-8539938005943886702015-03-11T08:22:00.000-07:002015-03-11T08:57:56.252-07:00Day at Sunriver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had an unusually supreme day in the Northwest last
Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking advantage of this we
decided to make a long cross country over the mountains and down into
Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 2 hour flight to Sunriver was
about as amazing of a flight that you can ever have in an RV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bekah and I got some great in cockpit video
along with audio that really gives you an idea of how nice it was up in the
sky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also we went down there with a
gaggle of RVs (and one Trinidad), 5 planes in total.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all launched at approximately the same
time so were able to stay in contact with each other and provide position
reports on the air to air frequency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Air
to Air radio works for hundreds of miles when all airplanes are up at altitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all then arrived at Sunriver about the
same time (within 20 mins), and one of the guys got a few great shots of us
landing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in All was a terrific day !
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-4332195239826943232015-03-10T09:23:00.002-07:002015-03-10T09:23:34.295-07:00Misc Winter Flying 2014/15
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VadGGud6Nk4/VP8Zoavq7UI/AAAAAAAAFCI/0PnV0AmSeMo/s1600/Baker%2BBackground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VadGGud6Nk4/VP8Zoavq7UI/AAAAAAAAFCI/0PnV0AmSeMo/s1600/Baker%2BBackground.jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I haven’t posted for a while, but have been flying really
consistently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winter this year has
been great, so we have been getting up to some great stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some pics and things showing what we
have been doing this winter !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beautiful day in Seattle called for a quick flight into the
mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baker stood out in the
sunshine, so I had to get a closer look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Watch the video, and make sure to set the Settings for 1080 HD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely one of the many reasons why I
built this plane.</span><br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-34302064273706249122014-11-17T12:31:00.000-08:002014-11-17T12:31:16.530-08:00Quick trip east to Desert Aire<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zexahass2Q4/VGpaDae-i7I/AAAAAAAAE8c/ldBSp0Y5vXI/s1600/Dsc_0214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zexahass2Q4/VGpaDae-i7I/AAAAAAAAE8c/ldBSp0Y5vXI/s1600/Dsc_0214.jpg" height="162" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unusual fall weather in Seattle leads to the clouds parting
and completely clear weather for about a week now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bekah and I took advantage with some friends
to cross the mountains over to Eastern Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our destination was Desert Aire on the Columbia
river for a quick lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a great
trip and we met up with a couple friends in the air, one of which we had never
met and he was from the east side of the mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was clear and beautiful, so we had
an amazing time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its considerably rare
to be able to get over the mountains in November like this and we wanted to
take advantage, and luckily we were able to fly formation and have a few really
nice pics taken of us over Snoqualmie Pass.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-4950375184316801252014-09-18T14:19:00.001-07:002014-09-19T08:55:25.726-07:00Trip to the Races<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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flying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last big trip of the year
was down to Reno for the National Air Races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On this trip, I took a friend from work who had an in on some great box
seats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After watching weather all week
and ending up with a great Friday morning, we opted for a 7:00 am departure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found out another VAF Friend was flying
down from Puyallup on same day same time, so we coordinated flight paths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got off the ground before we did so was
always about 40 miles ahead of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were able to reach out and talk on air to air frequency the entire way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That worked out great for us because he could
provide visibility reports ahead which due to the amount of Forest Fire Smoke
in the air around Crater Lake helped put our flight at ease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smoke is a different animal than clouds
because it doesn’t have any visible boundary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flying into it, you can easily lose all visibility without even seeing it
coming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily on the trip down we were
able to stay on top of it for the most part, and still have enough visibility
to see the ground directly below us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Crater lake wasn’t very visible though which definitely was a
bummer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made it to Reno in 3.5 hours
with almost neutral winds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting the
rental car from the FBO and opting to skip the hotel check in till later, we were
able to make it to the races by early afternoon hardly missing any of the
Friday show.</span><br />
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they were or the history that came with them until we arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was shocking when we walked into the
grounds and walked right up to show center and into the first row Box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The owner of our box had been going to the
races for over 29 years and has had this box for much of that time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He named it the S.O.B. Box, which of course stands
for “Steersman’s Owners Box” and has a very recognizable banner on the
box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It truly was one of the best 2 or 3
boxes at the Races which made for an amazing show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also the box had a very dramatic history
which effected all the people who had been going to the races and historically sharing
that box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may have heard of the
Galloping Ghost accident in 2011?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
most tragic accident at the races in history where the plane impacted in the
box seat area killing several attendees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well that plane hit about 20 feet from the box, but the direction of the
blast fortunately reflected away from the box to spare all the lives of the
members in that box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, all
neighboring boxes suffered deaths in the horrific incident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could feel the connection that all the S.O.B.
members and neighboring boxes held based on that tragic event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, it was eerie as so many<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people in the neighboring boxes had prosthetics
in place due to the loss of limbs etc. that happened in that accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that these Air Race Fans are so
dedicated to aviation and their losses from that day have somehow made them an
even more dedicated and greater part of the air races and they continue to come
year after year even post-accident.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had Pit Passes too, which allowed us to go mingle with the teams and learn more about each aircraft. I think I am team Rare Bear.. Such a beautiful plane !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The final Ultimate Gold heat was great, although there were
3 mayday calls I think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All landed
safely but in the end it made for an interesting heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rare Bear was one of the mayday calls, and of
course Strega was out from the day prior, so a few of the big hitters didn’t
even finish or compete in the last heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the end it was Voodoo in First, followed by Czech Mate, with Precious
Metal in 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fourth was
Dreadknot and due to a contested line break from Precious Metal, I think Dreadnaught
ended up taking third in the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a couple videos that are really worth watching:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7R_k41mdyz1bHlON1F6ZEtFMXM&usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"CLICK HERE"</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our trip home went as planned as well, except for even more
smoke in the air all the way from Reno to Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically is seems the entire west coast is
burning right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only bonus was
that Crater Lake was slightly more visible this time through and I got some
photos of the lake with a friend whom we flew home with posing in his RV-7A.</span></div>
Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-74135660541105834722014-09-07T21:40:00.001-07:002014-09-07T21:40:02.449-07:00Johnson Creek<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_0qfu4riM0/VA0xtBFQhWI/AAAAAAAAE3E/k_kttdR8W6g/s1600/photo%2B20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_0qfu4riM0/VA0xtBFQhWI/AAAAAAAAE3E/k_kttdR8W6g/s1600/photo%2B20.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have done a ton of flying this summer, but still have a
couple more items on the list that we really wanted to hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnson Creek was one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnson Creek is kind of a legend airport in
the RV world that you really have to go to at least once in your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a very mountainous place and there is a
recommended approach procedure to follow located “ </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCoQFjAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fidahoaviation.com%2Fimages%2Fnews%2FJC%2520SOP%2520Revision%252014-01.pdf&ei=eLYIVPYogs2CBPadgMgL&usg=AFQjCNEJe1OiFW5LC0-Znfsg1jg0s_cu1g&sig2=hv5sA7Nkan7dXjeMlxMquw&bvm=bv.74649129,d.b2U"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">”
that is designed to provide as much safety as possible. I read the
procedure back and forth, also watched a ton of videos that others have made to
get as familiar as possible. You definitely need to know your airplane
and have some mountain flying experience before going in to Johnson Creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a Go Pro on the wing that actually
captured a pretty amazing video that you can see below.</span><br />
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at Arlington to meet up Friday at 4:00 in the air above Snohomish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we flew together in a 10 knot
headwind the whole way to Johnson Creek getting there about in about 2.5
hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you can see in the video, it
put our arrival right in the early evening which made for some great shadows in
the canyon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bekah and I were shocked to
see how serious this canyon is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
canyon walls are much steeper and much closer in that even the video suggests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a wide angle camera lens so while it
captures everything, in reality those walls and trees are much more daunting
than even visible in the video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After arriving we quickly set up camp and made a huge fire
with the free firewood as the temps plummeted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overnight it got down into the 20’s, but then the next day as the sun
came up over the canyon walls the temps shot up hitting about 80 degrees on our
hike to the famous hot springs bath tub..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here I am getting in my morning bath<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>;-) While Bekah, Scott and Casey get the famous foot soak. Such a great trip and just
amazing that we are lucky enough to do things like this.</span></div>
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the high density altitude, and continued as we came across the Idaho mountains
into Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We refueled near Walla
Walla and then shot across the Cascades in much smoother air making it home by
late afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazing trip !</span></div>
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-76569052703134241152014-08-05T13:01:00.000-07:002014-08-05T14:41:22.251-07:00Oshkosh Airventure 2014<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1FYa_AvCLA/U-E29En4swI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/_VnqkxIh4nE/s1600/photo+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j1FYa_AvCLA/U-E29En4swI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/_VnqkxIh4nE/s1600/photo+3.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oshkosh is a huge aviation expo that goes on at the end of July
each year in Oshkosh, WI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year it
worked out well because there was a 50<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> year anniversary party in
Casper WY for friends of the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Casper is about ½ way to Oshkosh, so I spent a few nights there for the party, then
flew onto Airventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put about 3300
miles under my wing for this trip and about 19 hours on the airplane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a crazy packed week but was really
fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bekah and Ariel went with me to
Casper, but because they don’t allow dogs at Oshkosh, she stayed with my
parents and ended up in Cody near our ranch just outside of Yellowstone
park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent a couple nights at KOSH
and then flew back to meet her in Cody and spend a couple nights there as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we finally headed home and
were back in Seattle 5 hours after departing Cody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crazy efficient and wonderful machine.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C0RY21_sonQ/U-E3EXm6wxI/AAAAAAAAE0g/IEyLuXI_hsc/s1600/photo+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C0RY21_sonQ/U-E3EXm6wxI/AAAAAAAAE0g/IEyLuXI_hsc/s1600/photo+2.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The scenery east of WY is not very pretty since it is just
so flat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But here are a few pics on the way
back over the South/East end of Montana and Wyoming of Devil’s Tower and Yellow Tail
reservoir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both very pretty sites to see
from the airplane. Also, on the way out of Seattle I had a huge tailwind so I just had to take a picture of my Skyview Display. Shows 209 knots groundspeed, which is about 241 miles per hour while burning 7.2 gallons per hour. Crazy Airplane ! </span></div>
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-91083467107904799922014-07-14T10:52:00.000-07:002014-07-18T12:32:01.329-07:00Airplane Camping at Priest Lake<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sCfkJVrXU6c/U8QW2C402VI/AAAAAAAAEy0/Mv3ffryWLUk/s1600/photo+31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sCfkJVrXU6c/U8QW2C402VI/AAAAAAAAEy0/Mv3ffryWLUk/s1600/photo+31.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mPxfPr8CZ9c/U8QW4loAHgI/AAAAAAAAEzI/lkef-w2rBiE/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mPxfPr8CZ9c/U8QW4loAHgI/AAAAAAAAEzI/lkef-w2rBiE/s1600/photo.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dUMDpxV9RPM/U8QW4rof7OI/AAAAAAAAEzM/IaOVpaHNYTI/s1600/photo+51.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dUMDpxV9RPM/U8QW4rof7OI/AAAAAAAAEzM/IaOVpaHNYTI/s1600/photo+51.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cavanaugh Bay on Priest Lake Idaho is unique in that there
is a great grass strip right next to the resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Idaho loves its airports and it shows, this
strip is so well maintained and welcoming for pilots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free Camping with Showers, Firewood, Refrigerator,
Coffee and the caretaker was just an all-around great guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, running into like-minded aviation
campers topped it all off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left
Seattle about noon on Saturday and put all of Washington state under our wing
landing in Idaho by 1:30 at Cavanaugh bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is so great to leave one environment, and then be transformed into a
completely different environment such a short time later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were some bumps around Grand Coulee,
but that is to be expected midafternoon over eastern WA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We set up camp and headed to grab a beer at Cavanaugh’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ariel had a great time and took her first swim
in the 90 degree weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did need to
get our food to go since they don’t let dogs on the deck, but it was just as
good to eat the gourmet dinner by the fire as anywhere else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the next morning we had the brunch
before shooting back across the state after a quick stop in Sandpoint, ID and
getting home before 1:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall a
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DBgy9RMhNFg/U6hsruk5z5I/AAAAAAAAEuM/gv7-tNZXxLw/s1600/Bekah+on+Beach.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DBgy9RMhNFg/U6hsruk5z5I/AAAAAAAAEuM/gv7-tNZXxLw/s1600/Bekah+on+Beach.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flying to the coast was something we always wanted to do,
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unique in that the runway always has crosswinds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually runways are built the same direction
as prevailing winds in the area, but here I think the runway was built the only
direction the land would allow, which results in constant crosswinds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That combined with higher winds of the coast
we were always cautious about heading out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday the morning winds were forecasted
to be light so we went for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turned
out to be fine and we landed before the winds picked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Took the 30 minute walk into town and hit the
beach as well as a local fish and chips place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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experienced suffered a bit due to that, but in general we had a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On departure we took off in a crazy 15 knot
crosswind and flew up the beach and checked out Copalis Beach Airport which is
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the canyon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also took some SLR shots of
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-33765283566952991002014-04-02T14:24:00.001-07:002014-04-04T10:35:00.329-07:00A Few Pics From The WindsockSome local photographers hang out by the windsock on 34L and snap photos of planes coming in for landing. I luckily was pointed to these great shots of yours truly.. ;-)<br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-11843885401029099122014-03-25T00:32:00.000-07:002014-03-25T01:04:27.588-07:00My Wing Camera Catches Washington State Landslide 20 minutes after it happensBekah and I decided to fly the Cascade Loop on Saturday, turns out our camera eerily captured more than we bargained for. We left Paine field at 11, and traveled East of Arlington (KAWO) on our way to Darrington before turning North through the loop. We didn't even notice but the Camera out on the wing caught probably the first images of the Washington State Landslide. We came from the West and the majority of the landslide fell to the East, so from our perspective we didn't even notice it. The cameral caught it though as you can see by clicking the below link.<br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-76312590398049491382014-03-13T08:05:00.002-07:002014-03-14T14:53:50.459-07:00Ariel's First TripWe had some uncommonly nice weather in Seattle, so decided to take our new puppy up for her first flight, as well we got our first trip of the year to Friday Harbor. Can't believe we have a place like this that we can fly into so close to home. Grabed some dinner at Blue Water, walked along the docks for a while, then headed home. Smooth Blue Skies. Was a great experience.<br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-53910260565229082672014-02-12T11:17:00.002-08:002014-03-15T10:00:02.407-07:00Its been way too long since my last post ! So I have been maintaining and flying my RV almost for a year now. I have over 125 hours on it and have seen many places in it. I will be starting my annual condition inspection in about 2-3 weeks and will post any findings from that inspection. Also, I have created a map of all the airports visited thus far. You can see it at the pic/link below. I will continue to keep this updated as time goes by and this summer Bekah and I visit tons more airports and venture out to all corners of the country. ;-)<br />
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labor day weekend. We took it way out of
state.. Our first stop was Medford
Oregon, just north of the Siskiyou Range (Mt Shasta). Was a great flight, but 20 knot headwind the
whole way. At Medford we refueled and
continued our trip to Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Airport. Again with the 20 knot headwind, but all in
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Everything went really well with the flight except for two things. In Sonoma it was 90 degrees and the canopy
swelled up due to the heat and I couldn't close it. WHAT? I didn't realize that it swelled so much, the
aft part was binding with the rear windshield.
I will work on sanding it down a bit more to get a larger clearance in
that area. We waited till it cooled
down, and were able to close no problem.
Also, the CHT’s got a little warm as we were up at 9,500 over the Siskiyou’s
passing Shasta. The hottest I saw was
about 389, no problem, but I am thinking I might need to open up the lower cowl
a bit. My 2 pipe heat box and 4 pipe
exhaust kind of plug up the exit and I need more space for air to flow
through. I might put some louvers on the
bottom of the cowl, we’ll see. Also I
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Coming home, that 20 knot wind had turned into a 30 knot
wind, but this time was a tailwind!! We
were cruising across the earth at 220 mph most of the way. This turned the flight home into a 3.5 hour
event and even though we were delayed due to fog at Santa Rosa we still made
it home by early afternoon. We could have made it nonstop, but the plane
is more efficient than our bladders.
Nature called around the Eugene area, so we stopped in for a quick pit
stop. All in all, what a cool trip !<br />
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-37949039391066162292013-08-26T11:03:00.000-07:002013-08-26T11:04:54.985-07:00Dynamic Prop Balance/ Oil Change and Continued Flying<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I am not updating this blog much anymore since really I haven’t’
been doing much work on the plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want to take it offline and risk missing a weekend, so I am waiting until
later in September for some of the remaining fiberglass work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did get the prop dynamically balanced,
which does make a noticeable difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plane isn’t any smoother, but when you touch the metal structure, or
the wiring up under the panel during flight you can tell there is less
vibration in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I am glad I balanced
it knowing that it does make a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This weekend I took Bekah over the Cascades for the first
time and we headed to Spokane to visit a friend from college and his
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was a great trip, had to go VFR
on top at 11500 to get over there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming
back we were between layers but were able to get in at 8500, so some better
views of the mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all it
was a great trip to eastern Washington, but I was anxious to get home when Sunday
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-59733793851359775102013-08-05T10:31:00.000-07:002013-08-06T10:36:35.767-07:00Magical day to circumnavigate Puget Sound and the Islands !<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V2VbOji9-C4/Uf_fEsr1h_I/AAAAAAAAEMM/WX4etDs9lLs/s1600/Bekah+Eastsound+Airport.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V2VbOji9-C4/Uf_fEsr1h_I/AAAAAAAAEMM/WX4etDs9lLs/s200/Bekah+Eastsound+Airport.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What a fun day in the RV. !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Bekah and I t</span>ook off from Paine field and I promptly gave her some exciting
“unusual attitudes”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(RV Pilots will know
what that means) followed by the short flight over to Port Townsend (Jefferson County Airport).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We l</span>anded there and realized that the Spruce Goose
Café was closed due to fire a week or so back, but it will be reopening soon
which is great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no problem for us because
we are in an RV, so we taxied back, took off in route to Skagit Bay View airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stopped and grabbed lunch at the Kitty Hawk Café
which Bekah had never been to, so that was fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we decided to head up to Eastsound
on Orcas Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Landed there and walked
down to the water for a bit, then headed back to Paine Field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an amazing and magical day to circumnavigate
Puget Sound !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Click "<a href="https://vimeo.com/71750265"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HERE</span></a>" for a great short video of our departure from Eastsound ! </span><br />
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take us somewhere wonderful. Weather was
perfect, winds were perfect and we launched off to Friday Harbor on Saturday morning. Pretty much flew direct there over Whidbey
Island, grabbed some flight following and at 23 squared at 4,500 was cruising
at 200mph. Made the trip there about 25
mins from Paine field. We spent the day
walking around the island, bucket of clams for lunch, and generally taking in
the sights. Everyone who travels to
Friday Harbor is pretty excited about how they got there, people either have
their own boat, or take the ferry in from Anacortes, but as we walked around it
was fun to think that nobody there was in Seattle just 30 minutes ago like we
were. Only a few people get to fly in ! ;-)
The airport is only a 10 minute walk to town, so you just can’t beat it
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Chad and Bekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097758540179452779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017485136419630264.post-35842742271414785462013-06-04T11:21:00.004-07:002013-06-04T11:21:51.974-07:00Bekah's First Flight<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hNss-l2t7KE/Ua4wLvjIIbI/AAAAAAAAEK4/6YrkanTwOgI/s1600/Bekah+in+flight.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hNss-l2t7KE/Ua4wLvjIIbI/AAAAAAAAEK4/6YrkanTwOgI/s200/Bekah+in+flight.JPG" width="200" /></a>With Phase one behind me and things looking good on the airplane,
Bekah and I decided to head up for her first flight. All went well, and fortunately for us it was
the smoothest weather I have experienced in all of my phase 1. We flew up over the San Juans for a quick
evening flight and returned to Paine field after about 45 minutes of flight
time. Great experience and now Bekah has
flown in the RV !</div>
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