Welcome to
the Twin Cities RV Builders Group
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It’s time!!! Join us for our 21st Annual
RV fly-In and Family Picnic
Saturday, September 11, 2010 - Sky Harbor Airpark, Webster,
MN - eatin’ starts at noon.
Details HERE...
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8/24/10
The September
RVator’s
Log is ready for
download. Go to the “RVator’s
Log” link...
MN Winger
Rick Luck send this link to recent Duluth newspaper
article about
the health and future of “other” Sky Harbor
Airport.
8/23/10
From Pete Howell:
Hi Guys,
Well, the weather never really cooperated, but we had a
nice drive-in crowd. Kate counted about 30 people that
showed up to talk airplane and grab a bite. Forrest came
over in the Pitts as well.
Peter spent a few hours showing off the G900X. I saw new
some new stuff - it really is amazing.
8/14/10
Next
Saturday, August 21, Pete Howell’s daughter Kate is hosting
an open house at their hangar at Anoka Airport. Sandwiches
and a guaranteed good time are on the agenda. Stop by any
time after 10 am with eating around 11 am or so.
We met there last June so directions are the same:
Driving
directions:
If coming by car, take I-694 northwest to US 10. Go west
and take the second airport entrance. At the "T" make a
slight right and then a left on India Lane. We are the 5th
hangar in on the left. Lost? Call Pete at
651-334-5479
Flying directions:
Fly-ins are welcome (tell ground you want to taxi to “Fox
Hollow”). The hangar is on India Lane, third on the right
as you proceed south. You may have to park on the north end
of the hangar line at the intersection of taxiway F and
India Lane. Just use caution.
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Peter Fruehling has edited Tom Irlbeck’s presentation at
our last meeting at Lake Elmo. The videos are divided into
five parts. For those of you who were not able to attend,
don’t miss Tom’s fascinating talk on his good times in the
Navy:
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
8/10/10
Got a
note from Larry Vetterman announcing his annual Badland’s
Fly-In. Here’s the latest:
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Badlands RV
Fly-In Update...Sept
10-12
Vetterman Exhaust Inc. and HSR Fueling will host the 2nd
annual RV fly in on Sept. 10-11-12. at the Hot Springs
(HSR) Airport. The list of scheduled events are as follows:
Fri evening Buffalo Burger burn at the airport, hosted by
Vetterman Exhaust and HSR Fueling. Saturday AM flying
tour of the Black Hills area including Mount Rushmore,
Crazy Horse Monument, Spearfish Canyon, Devils Tower, Bear
Butte, and Wall Drug. Saturday evening banquet at the
Allen Ranch. Steak dinner with all the trimmings in a
beautiful setting along with a Country Western band for
dinner entertainment. Plan on a fun filled weekend
and bring your own tie downs. More information on motels
etc will follow.
Also:
Peter Fruehling’s RV-7 is nearing completion. Here is a
shot of his panel for everyone to lust over:
Yes..
you can watch “Oprah” on the RHS screen if you get REALLY
bored!!!!
8/5/10
Around the World in an RV-7??
Although
Pete Howell may be our most prolific local cross country
traveler, imagine going around the world in an RV-7?
Recently, MN Winger Walt Ray hosted two German pilots who
stopped in Cambridge, MN on their epic journey. Walt
reports on his meeting with Detlef Heun and Liliana
Tagliamonte:
“Just some info on the RV-7 and the around the world
flight. The build was started in Germany and after the
major assemblies were completed they were loaded into a
container and shipped to Florida in 2009. The RV-7 was
completed there and the test phase flown off. Detlef only
uses autogas as avgas is not available at many places in
the Americas; The Superior IO-360 was supplied with dual
Lightspeed electronic ignition systems and tuned for 92
octane fuel. It has proven to be very reliable once the
bugs were worked out.
They have put 300+ hrs on it from Florida around South
America, the Caribbean and then halfway across the USA.
They operate the engine lean of peak and see 6.5 gph with
good reliability and carry 84gal of fuel in the wings. This
gives them the range needed for the planned overwater legs.
They use the SPOT tracking system so their progress and
position can be tracked, and keep family and friends
informed by using Skype to communicate by voice and video.
To keep track of their progress, see their website
http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/
7/22/10
Your
friendly web master has whipped up an article about the
pitot static system installation in the Building Tips section.
7/12/10
MN Wing
member Todd Shannon reports:
Wanted to give you a update on Air
Venture Cup 2010. Our FBO, Wright Brothers Aviation and the
city of Mitchell, SD are the sponsors of the race this year
(alternates between Dayton and Mitchell) The racers arrive
on Friday July 23, and depart July 25. On the 24th is a
breakfast (EAA 289) and Young Eagle rides. We hope to
introduce 300 kids to EAA on Saturday from 9-5. The cup has
55 racers signed up as of last week so should be a great
turn out!
More news.....
Another RV-4 has come up for sale:
Tom Irlbeck is handling the sale of Don Willam’s -4.
Here are the details in the FOR SALE
department.
7/2/10
Just received a note from Mark Kenworthy.... check out the
new paint!
My plane just got
painted at Wipaire and I am very pleased with their work.
Big thanks to Tom Berge for helping me put the plane back
together after it was painted. Tom was very knowledgeable
and very good.
He gave me many tips about my plane. One was about the
front nose wheel bearing modification from Matco. I did it
the next week and it dramatically improved my front nose
wheel.
6/28/10
A new article has been added to the Flight Safety
link.
Read about how a simple VFR cross
country on a perfect day, turned into a hard lesson
learned.
6/22/10
Alex Peterson would like to announce the annual fly-in at
Henning, MN on July 24. Here are all the details:
6/15/10
This Saturday is the BIG RV Day in Boone, IA.
This
is a great gathering (going back many years). If you
need some inspiration, head on down to Boone. Weather
permitting, we’ll have a group of RV’s flying down.
6/15/10
The June Issue of The RVator’s
Log is ready for download.
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