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2/1/10


So here we in the dead of winter with the good flying days pretty few and far between. Personally, I am plugging away on my RV-7 with the canopy 95% finished and now put away until final assembly. My avionics stack is being wired up at SteinAir (still waiting on the AFS EFIS units.. hopefully they will come before I need them). The layout should look something like this someday:

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Saturday, Pete Howell was out again on his latest boxer rescue. His stories are always great:

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1/26/10


Guess it has been a while since I updated the home page. Time goes fast when you are engrossed in RV building!

The 2010 dues notices are at the print shop and should be in the mail shortly. $20 again for the year to finance our meetings and the September picnic.

The latest BIG news is this new addition to the Fruehling family. Meet Teagan Skye Fruehling. Congrats to both Peter and Beth on the arrival of this beautiful little one. Rumor has it that Tom Berge is hard at work adapting a 6G-rated baby seat in the back of Peter's -7.

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Speaking of Peter's -7, Tom and Peter have added some cool innovations lately. First here is a shot of the right seat's "plug 'n play" removable stick. Pretty cool...

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Tom also engineered this alternate air valve for the round inlet on the Sam James cowl. It required a unique double-hinge arrangement that works super.

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Also Paul Irlbeck is working on a side-line business of making prop clocks. He is still working out the details but if you are interested and would like to get some more info, drop him a note at: pirlbeck@lakes.com


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12/30/09

Even though we are locked into the winter deep freeze, Pete can't stay home if there is a boxer in need. Read about the rescue of "Sully"....


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Here's some follow up information on this story...


12/20/09


Alex Peterson snapped this shot of Pete Howell's car. Read all about here...

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12/15/09


Another great meeting last Saturday as about 60 MN Wing members huddled in our hangar at Lake Elmo. Pete Howell led off the program with an informative talk on LED lighting and the APRS tracking system (and very aptly defended his "geekdom")

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Click above for a link to his PowerPoint presentation.

Scott Smith was next up and discussed the in's and out's of RV insurance. It was a very educational morning and it is always great to get the group together (especially on those cold winter Saturdays!)

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After the meeting, Pete departed in his RV-9A on another boxer rescue mission. His tales of canine compassion are too good to pass up. Check it out here:

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Two other items on the agenda for the future:

1. The Blue Angels will be nearby this coming summer with shows in Eau Claire and also St. Cloud. The St. Cloud folks want us to organize a mass RV fly-in and static display (and we may do this dfor EAU also). We'll be working on that effort in 2010.

2. Also FAA DAR Tim Mahoney is planning a trip to Sun N Fun and will be trying to gather up some other RVs for the trip this April.

Stay tuned for details on both of these events.


12/08/09


Just a reminder of our upcoming meeting this Saturday. Got a note from Pete Howell about his talk and I like his title: "Who You Calling a Geek?" Pete will discuss all the "geeky" things he has done to his RV-9A and also hopes to have a real-time display of the APRS tracking system. AND... of course our guest speaker from Iowa will be insurance guru Scot "Sky" Smith.

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ALSO... One of the towers controllers at Anoka is looking to purchase a RV-9A or RV-7A. If anyone knows one, his name is Denis Rinehart and his email is
denisrinehart@me.com


11/30/09


Several weeks ago there was a tragic accident involving a new private pilot on a night flight from Lakeville, MN to Hallock, MN.

In the
Flight Safety link, Tom Berge has gathered some thoughts regarding this accident. You can read his essay HERE.

11/21/09


Our resident technical advisor Tom Berge had a bad case of idle hands last week and whipped up another one of his home-made RV tools. This time he re-engineers a Vlasic pickle jar into a cool brake bleeder contraption.

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Check out the Building Tips link!


11/16/09


The December RVAtor's Log is ready for download HERE.

11/8/09


Sunday afternoon was moving day for Peter Fruehling. The plan was to move his RV-7 project out to Bernie Weiss' hangar at Anoka (all this to make room for one small baby en route for an early 2010 arrival). Providing the muscle were Jim Fruehling (Peter's dad), Peter, Tom Berge, Vince Bastiani, Nancy Burkholder, and canine supervisor Otto. Check out the photo album.

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11/8/09

Pete Howell never lets a good Saturday go to waste. Here is his latest MN adventure:

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