We have done a little traveling this summer, which is good, but that means less time in the hangar, which is bad. During a trip up to Seattle, we stopped at Boeing Field, which has an absolutely wonderful museum and collection of significant aircraft. It turns out we were two days too early for the airshow this summer (who knew?), but we did get up close to the Blue Angels, parked behind the cyclone fence. We were able to walk through the Concorde and the Air Force One from the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon era.
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| Slightly faster than an RV7 |
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| Air Force One and Concorde |
Doug was given an RV12 rudder by the local EAA chapter to assemble "for fun". I have some concern that I may have to spring for the rest of the kit when he is done!
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| riveting the RV12 rudder spar |
We also traveled to San Diego. At Gillespie Field, Doug and I spent time in their Redbird full motion simulator, set up to simulate a Cessna 172. Very realistic, right up until Doug decided to do a carrier landing in San Diego harbor. Nailed it!!
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| On short final for the deck of a carrier in San Diego harbor |
