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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:
Saturday,
Pete Howell was out again on his latest boxer
rescue. His stories are always great:
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.
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...
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.
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
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"....
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...
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")
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!)
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:
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.
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.
11/8/09
Pete
Howell never lets a good Saturday go to waste.
Here is his latest MN adventure:
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