Had a little time to kill in the middle of my "work" day today, dropped into one my favorite secret spots in Desolation Sound(BC) for lunch.



Oh yes, the water was very warm too.


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Nice!

The warmest water north of Baja California, according to Cliff Mass,
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/08/c ... es-in.html

Hysham, Montana, for breakfast, where I had the chance to show retired (but once one, always one I'm guessing) astronaut Commander/Colonel Frank Borman my Rans S-7S, e bike combo. I said something like " bet you haven't seen anything like this before." I briefly explained how I get all my fuel via the e bike, it's folding trailer and the 9 gallon fuel bladder, my mo' mo gas getter. For a man who's personally seen the backside of the moon, it takes a lot to impress him., this apparently didn't All he said after my dissertation and before getting in his pristine T something (34?) was "you have a nice day now." Point being, with all his aviation experience, I doubt he ever had to hustle around and get his own fuel, my operation was outside his vast realm of experience. That's OK, it was a thrill meeting him, that's two of them I've met, the late Jim Irwin was the other. At 88 he is still flying I noticed he did what seemed like a very thorough pre take off check before taxing out, at his age and with his history, he probably doesn't want to screw the pooch now,

Cruising up to Gooseberry with Debbie Sunday night.



Doug went by in the RV-4, heading over to 50 lakes.




Island goats...

Had to run up to Kenora...last second deal, so only had the iPhone

Lake of the Woods is a real jewel.





airport surrounded by rain:



heading back home, lot of nothingness in northern, Minnesota:



Upper and Lower Red lakes

Whitefish

On final for Brainerd

Finally got a rental deal straitened out, and got to take the plane out today. First flight with my PPL (not counting the 1.5 months of instrument training with an instructor after I got my license).1/2 an hour just flying around, then some takeoffs and landings, getting use to the plane.

Learning how to land this thing uphill, somewhere near the Tokositna Glacier

Didn't take a picture, but took a Scout that we finished rebuilding for a few laps today to check/get the rigging right on it. Man she's sweet. Really gets me fired up to start on my project.
Today's flight also pushed me over the 500 hr plateau. Took me 5 years to get there. Not to bad for a just for fun pilot. Almost feel bad that I cheated on the 180 with a Purdy new Scout to break over that hump though...

Morning flight around Dawes County in northwest Nebraska.

A1Skinner wrote:.......Almost feel bad that I cheated on the 180 with a Purdy new Scout to break over that hump though...

Don't worry, your 180 will get it's revenge on the next cross-windy day.....

The newly rebuilt scout.

Sweet!


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hotrod180 wrote:

A1Skinner wrote:.......Almost feel bad that I cheated on the 180 with a Purdy new Scout to break over that hump though...

Don't worry, your 180 will get it's revenge on the next cross-windy day.....

Hotrod,
That was funny!

That is a good one Hotrod. Luckily it was less then an hr, so hopefully he wont get to revenge full on me.

Looks good. So what kind of wheel skis are/were on it?

Tim

bat443 wrote:Looks good. So what kind of wheel skis are/were on it?

Tim

Good eye Tim. I think it gets put on a set of federal 2500s. Not totally sure. We just did a complete rebuild for the guy.

A1 are you working with Josef in Hythe?

UpNorth

UpNorth wrote:A1 are you working with Josef in Hythe?

UpNorth

Yes sir I am. Heading to school in a couple weeks.

A1Skinner wrote:

UpNorth wrote:A1 are you working with Josef in Hythe?

UpNorth

Yes sir I am. Heading to school in a couple weeks.

I thought I recognized the hanger. You are very fortunate to be learning from Josef. He is a true a craftsman and a gentleman. Josef looked after some of our aircraft for several years. He has rebuilt 2 different Scouts for me. I still have one of them. It gets compliments on the workmanship every time I have it out. Tell him Rod says hello. I will try to stop in and visit next time we are down that way.

UpNorth

UpNorth wrote:

A1Skinner wrote:

UpNorth wrote:A1 are you working with Josef in Hythe?

UpNorth

Yes sir I am. Heading to school in a couple weeks.

I thought I recognized the hanger. You are very fortunate to be learning from Josef. He is a true a craftsman and a gentleman. Josef looked after some of our aircraft for several years. He has rebuilt 2 different Scouts for me. I still have one of them. It gets compliments on the workmanship every time I have it out. Tell him Rod says hello. I will try to stop in and visit next time we are down that way.

UpNorth

It would be great to meet you! I feel very fortunate to be learning from him. He is a great teacher, and as you said a true craftsman. We were just talking about the Scouts he built for you the other day.
I will let him know you say hi. If we are ever up that way we'll have to stop in.

David