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Profile: Steve
Formal's RV-8
Each week, your editor peruses hundreds of EAA chapter Web sites, looking
for monthly newsletter mentions of an RV. It's always great to stop
by EAA Chapter 35's site in San Antonio. They have a terrific chapter
and a great newsletter. It's also a chapter in transition as both the
president and newsletter editor are relocating. But there was one last
-- terrific -- issue, including this profile of Steve Formal's N628RV.
One useful observation was this one: "anytime you deviate from
the plans, it has a domino effect." (See
newsletter)
Related Links:
Profile:
Chuck Wood's RV-9A project (EAA 958 newsletter)
Jason
Hutchinson's first flight (EAA 983)
Profile:
Rob Reece (VAF)
Big crowd
expected at Oshkosh BBQ
Over 150 people have registered for the RV Builders Family Reunion BBQ,
to be held at Camp Scholler on Wednesday July 26, during the EAA AirVenture
at Oshkosh. I talked to chief cook Darwin Barrie last Sunday, somewhat
nervous about how big the BBQ is now. "Ah, I've cooked for that
many people before," he assured me. He also thinks we should have
another propane gas grille. Got one? Here's
the latest instructions. Oh, and ... bring chairs.
Where
to mount the strobe power supply?
Primer has
its place in bulletin board lore, but the question of where to put a
power supply for a lighting system is another subject that's asked often,
with never a definite answer. On the RV-List this week, however, there
was a very informative thread on the topic. (More)
Formation clinic
in Redmond
 Randy
Lervold and Mike Wilson organized the clinic, held last Friday through
Sunday in central Oregon. "We had ground school all Friday morning,
flew two missions Friday afternoon, then all day Saturday and concluded
the event Sunday morning with an 11-ship." Randy told Van's
Air Force. (See
photos)
Related Link:
Up
close and personal (AvWeb)
More
Midlothian fly-in pictures (pdf)
Another
SWRFI recap (pdf)
A trip
to RMFI (Jerry Thorne)
A Comparison of
the Safety Record of GA, Experimental and RV
On a flight hour basis, an experimental aircraft is about three times
more likely to have an accident than a general aviation aircraft. Moreover,
if you have an accident in an RV, it is 50% more likely to be fatal
than if you have an accident. (Brian
Moentenich in EAA 105 July newsletter)
Related Link:
Kitplanes:
The Safe Homebuilt (PDF)
Chasing the Morning
Sun redux
 We
last met Manuel Queiroz in the March
18, 2006 edition of the Hotline. Now we've got our closest look
yet at the trip as Manuel has authored an
extensive article in this month's Popular Flying magazine.
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CALENDAR
July 9-15, 2006 |
| KS:
Atchison. Friday & Saturday. Amelia Earhart Festival.
(More)
MA: North Andover. Saturday. NorthEast RV
and Canard Fly-In, Lawrence Municipal Airport LWM (More)
MN: Two Harbors. Saturday. Cook area Fly-In,Cook
Municipal CQM
NH: Claremont. Saturday. Fly-in. CNH. (More)
WA:
Arlington. Through Sunday. EAA Arlington Fly-in. (More)
Related Link:
Fly-in
Calendar
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| ACCIDENT
REPORTS |
NEW
INCIDENTS
CA: Groveland. RV-6 ran off end of runway when landing,
into a residential yard. Thursday (Data
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story) |
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OTHER NEWS
Oshkosh
required reading
Flying into AirVenture? You might want to read more than Just the NOTAM.
Here's a list of required reading from Jeff Point (VAF)
Seaplanes,
sport pilot mall
new to fly-in
Two major new attractions are part of the Northwest Experimental Aircraft
Association’s 38th annual Fly-In, set for July 5 through 9 at the
Arlington Airport.(Snohomish County Business Journal)
Hope
Flightfest
After four years of battling tough weather, the 2006 Hope Flightfest,
last weekend, was a roaring success thanks to a late June heat wave.(Hope
Standard)
Cheaper
labor calls airplane makers to Mexico
In an old coffee factory near the Popocatepetl Volcano, a former furniture
maker named Gustavo Cholula bent over a workbench, doing something that
hasn't been attempted in Mexico in 40 years. (Asbury Park Press)
Relentless
is still Relentless
Not an RV, just another good article about an engine out on the way back
from SNF that should make us all think about what we'd do in a similar
situation. (EAA 40, Van Nuys)
RV
White Pages updated
Anyone who's anyone is on that list. (VAF)
New
online course
AOPA Safety Foundation unveils, "Weatherwise: Thunderstorms &
ATC." It qualifies for Wings.
Canopy
cover discount
Doug at VAF has worked out a discount of 15% on canopy covers if 50 orders
can be assembled. (VAF)
| New
Builder Sites |
| Brian
and Jill's RV-8 Project
Jill and I met through aviation and have always traveled around
the country. We decided that there is an easier way of doing
things. We plan to build an RV-8 |
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