Toll Roads
Golf Course
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Lake in Pflugerville
Arriving at Bird's Nest - You can see Jack's plane in front of the open hangar.
Flying Low
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Third Time
Okay, so I decided that flying twice in two days wasn't enough. Jack had told me earlier that he would be flying after it cooled off, so I took off at 6:30PM and headed his way. It's about a 27 mile trip from my field to Bird's Nest. I was using the GPS, but it's not really necessary - the new toll roads go from my field directly to his!! You'll see them a lot in the photos. I left his field at 8pm and was on the ground at my field by 8:30 with plenty of light remaining. I had a nice tailwind on the way back.
Toll Roads
Golf Course
More Toll Roads
Lake in Pflugerville
Arriving at Bird's Nest - You can see Jack's plane in front of the open hangar.
Flying Low
Toll Roads
Golf Course
More Toll Roads
Lake in Pflugerville
Arriving at Bird's Nest - You can see Jack's plane in front of the open hangar.
Flying Low
Flooding Down in Texas
I flew for an hour on Friday, and again for 45 min on Saturday. I didn't have my camara on Friday, so all pics are from Saturday. I'm tired, so I'll let the photos tell the story.
Everything's green and water everywhere.
It was cloudy, but the winds were light.
Georgetown Airport
Lake Georgetown - very flooded.
Note the water's at the edge of the spillway.
Picnic and camping area.
I'm always hoping for a photo like this. The water was so calm.
Poor, poor people. Don't know how they can live is such conditions!
I had to revisit what I call the Glass House. It looks abandoned. Such a neat house.
Everything's green and water everywhere.
It was cloudy, but the winds were light.
Georgetown Airport
Lake Georgetown - very flooded.
Note the water's at the edge of the spillway.
Picnic and camping area.
I'm always hoping for a photo like this. The water was so calm.
Poor, poor people. Don't know how they can live is such conditions!
I had to revisit what I call the Glass House. It looks abandoned. Such a neat house.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Jack Mayberry Solos
Jack finally got a chance to break the surly bonds....
Eddie was there in his Cessna 150 taking a friend for his first airplane ride.
A Piper Cub gave me a fly-by.
Jack showed up, gave his plane a pre-flight, and after the wind died down, he was off! He's now soloed, and made his second and third flights. Nice way to spend a Sunday.
Eddie was there in his Cessna 150 taking a friend for his first airplane ride.
A Piper Cub gave me a fly-by.
Jack showed up, gave his plane a pre-flight, and after the wind died down, he was off! He's now soloed, and made his second and third flights. Nice way to spend a Sunday.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Been Awhile
Well, it's been awhile since I posted, thought I'd better put in an update. The weather here has been horrible. Chances are, you've heard the stories of flooding in Marble Falls. I'm about 40 miles from there. It has been flooding here for about a week and not due to let up until this weekend.
I've never taken care of the high EGT problem I've had, so I decided it was time to check out the engine. First I took off the intake manifold and I believe I found a leak, which would explain one high EGT. I decided while I was working on the plane, I would take off the exhaust and check out the pistons. About that time, it started getting dark and I stepped out of the hangar to see big storm clouds rolling in. I decided to take the exhaust home with me and paint it and check out the pistons the next day.
I returned the next day with a freshly painted exhaust, hoping to see nice, clean pistons and just put the exhaust back on and go flying! It wasn't to be.... I could see quite a bit of carbon on the front piston and a lot on the rear. I decided to decarbon the engine - but not until the weekend.
I tore it apart the following Saturday and found it wasn't too bad. The top ring on both pistons still had movement, but were restricted. It took some elbow grease, but everything went well. I got to the point of putting everything back together, all the way to putting on the heads, and then realized I didn't have my torque wrench.
So..... I came back on Sunday. All I had to do was torque the bolts, and then I could go flying. Again, not to be... My torque wrench is way off. I broke one of the studs. Off to the house to order another one and maybe next weekend I could get it done.
This Saturday, I got it done. With another torque wrench, everything went together well. I ran in on the ground for awhile and after satisfying myself that it wasn't going to explode and tear me to pieces, I took off for a test flight. I only flew for about 10 minutes as it was windy, but all looked good. Good temps and nice and smooth. I'll post more after my next flight.
My friend Jack (not talking about myself) called and said he was getting John (an instructor at Kitty Hawk in San Antonio) to fly his plane to his new field - Bird's nest. I went out and watched John land the plane, all went well. Now when Jack gets comfortable flying, I'll have another person to fly with.
I know the story was long winded, but now we're to the photos.
Abandoned Road Grader
Cool glass and concrete house.
My truck after the road to Bird's Nest.
John flying over in Jack's Quicksilver.
I've never taken care of the high EGT problem I've had, so I decided it was time to check out the engine. First I took off the intake manifold and I believe I found a leak, which would explain one high EGT. I decided while I was working on the plane, I would take off the exhaust and check out the pistons. About that time, it started getting dark and I stepped out of the hangar to see big storm clouds rolling in. I decided to take the exhaust home with me and paint it and check out the pistons the next day.
I returned the next day with a freshly painted exhaust, hoping to see nice, clean pistons and just put the exhaust back on and go flying! It wasn't to be.... I could see quite a bit of carbon on the front piston and a lot on the rear. I decided to decarbon the engine - but not until the weekend.
I tore it apart the following Saturday and found it wasn't too bad. The top ring on both pistons still had movement, but were restricted. It took some elbow grease, but everything went well. I got to the point of putting everything back together, all the way to putting on the heads, and then realized I didn't have my torque wrench.
So..... I came back on Sunday. All I had to do was torque the bolts, and then I could go flying. Again, not to be... My torque wrench is way off. I broke one of the studs. Off to the house to order another one and maybe next weekend I could get it done.
This Saturday, I got it done. With another torque wrench, everything went together well. I ran in on the ground for awhile and after satisfying myself that it wasn't going to explode and tear me to pieces, I took off for a test flight. I only flew for about 10 minutes as it was windy, but all looked good. Good temps and nice and smooth. I'll post more after my next flight.
My friend Jack (not talking about myself) called and said he was getting John (an instructor at Kitty Hawk in San Antonio) to fly his plane to his new field - Bird's nest. I went out and watched John land the plane, all went well. Now when Jack gets comfortable flying, I'll have another person to fly with.
I know the story was long winded, but now we're to the photos.
Abandoned Road Grader
Cool glass and concrete house.
My truck after the road to Bird's Nest.
John flying over in Jack's Quicksilver.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Sunday Morning Flying
I went flying with Chris and his son Dustin this morning. Headed for lake Grainger. I'm still getting used to my GPS, but tried to put it together with photos. Let me know how you like it.
Redneck entertainment - bonfire!
Spillway - See green area on GPS detail below.
My old field - see blue arrow.
Red Arrow - the Dam.
Green Arrow - Spillway
Blue Arrow - My Old Field
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