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   C5Engineer added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

   haha that's the structural analysis form. Fill in airspeed weight cg and altitude for various segments of the flight including what type of receivers and how long they were back there. More FE job security I guess. 
   

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   marksires added a topic in Hangar Talk    29 Oct 2015

   A little aerobatic experience

   Not Avid related, but a whole lotta fun!
    
    
   A better way to spend money in Vegas than leaving it at the blackjack table!
    
   Mark
    
   

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   marksires added a post in a topic Are you really a man?    29 Oct 2015

   She's getting those in the D also?  For what, to mount above the mantle?? 
   

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   marksires added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

   Great photos Joey!  Jealous of course, and again, thanks for your service!
   Mark
    
   

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   dholly added a post in a topic Nice knowing you...    29 Oct 2015

   Yeah but now I know what I'm doing, wait till you see the new seats!
   It was not an easy decision but that 100hp is calling...
   

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   Av8r3400 added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts    29 Oct 2015

   Advise and Help for Leni

   I'm beginning to think Leni needs our help.
   Our help surrounding the general topic of Women.
   I truly believe he's doing it wrong.
    
   I don't think it's to the point where he needs to consider changing "teams", but that may be his only option soon considering he's in Alaska and at this point he has now married and divorced something like 73% of the available women there.  He's going to have to start over with the female population or expand his target options...
   

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   akflyer added a post in a topic Are you really a man?    29 Oct 2015

   well I am one shy of being a man I guess.. hmmm.. that may have something to do with heading to the big D
    
   
   

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   EDMO added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

   Nothing like a free fillup to get the guys back home.   Great Photos Joey!
   EDMO
   

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   dholly added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

   Wowie, what a view! The brass could use some of your pics for new recruit posters. 
   

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    Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Nice knowing you...    29 Oct 2015

    Doug, I hope your beautiful upholstery job didn't go with the plane.  That alone is a work of art.
    

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    Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

    Beauty pics, Joey.  Hard to imagine flying at 565 Kts coming from the KF background.  I hope you used your #2 pencil on that SAT test sitting under your  W&B chart.
    

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    dholly added a post in a topic WORRY-FREE GAS CAPS AND PITOT TUBES    29 Oct 2015

    Bright orange surveyors streamer, some electrical tape and a short piece of old fuel line works great!
    

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    1avidflyer added a post in a topic Nice knowing you...    29 Oct 2015

    I'm going to have my wife look at this message just so she can see that she really did hitch her wagon to a star!!!!   I can hear it now, me saying, really, really, dear, you did.  I actually did finally get the rest of the finish tapes on the second wing in the last few days.  If I could just stay working on the projects instead of getting sidetracked, maybe I could reduce the # of projects I have.   Hope you have lots of fun with your new plane Greg.  Jim Chuk
    

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    Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Are you really a man?    29 Oct 2015

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    Knuckledragger added a post in a topic Flying the heavy iron pics    29 Oct 2015

    I took some pic like this from my Avid today [NOT]
    Joey, you have a great job - be sure to enjoy every minute of it!
    

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    gregpro50 added a post in a topic Nice knowing you...    28 Oct 2015

    I'm certainly going to take good care of it.  I've had my eye out for the right one for a few years now.
    I grew up in the co-pilot seat of a pressurized Cessna Centurion.  My father would fly quite a bit for business and I would tag along.  He ended up selling the plane about 20 years ago due to medical issues and I've missed flying ever since.
    I decided to start flying about 5 years ago thinking I would go the private pilot route.  I just didn't realize how expensive it was going to be.  It wasn't much fun at $110 an hour plus instructor costs.
    I decided I would go the light sport route to get in the air but there are no LSA planes around here to rent so I started looking for one.  My instructor mentioned a kitfox and there is another gentleman around here that had a couple model IVs that was nice enough to let me fly with him.  I fell in love with the plane and started keeping my eye out for the right one.
    So here I am now... 
    

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    C5Engineer added a post in a topic Joey's flying channel    28 Oct 2015

    Just made this one today from some Drift footage I found on my laptop
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSJ-6USPw0
     
     
     
     
     
    

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    C5Engineer added a post in a topic The First Time Out    28 Oct 2015

    In the how to fly a Kitfox book they use this analogy over and over again.
    

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    akflyer added a post in a topic The First Time Out    28 Oct 2015

    yes.  If you have a clutch its even worse!  That prop freewheeling is a HUGE air brake.  Trust me, when the engine quits you look pretty much straight down, pick the smallest rock or tree and try to hit that one.  Even worse on floats!  But I still LOVE my avid and will keep flying it till I can't fly no mo!
     
    
    

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    akflyer added a post in a topic The First Time Out    28 Oct 2015

    great analogy! 
    

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    allonsye added a post in a topic The First Time Out    28 Oct 2015

    What you say.  I'm finding this is the most comfortable to operate in.  
    Now my concern is a deadstick scenario.  Better to be thinking in terms of clear area immediately below.
    

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    allonsye added a post in a topic The First Time Out    28 Oct 2015

    I guess it's kinda like comparing a tennis ball and badminton birdie with respect to the effects of inertia.
    

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    akflyer added a post in a topic Nice knowing you...    28 Oct 2015

    It's bitter sweet.  I got a lil of the sentimental side to me as well.  I find it very hard to turn loose of something that has brought me great pleasure (except for the wives)   Sowmachines, boats, airplanes.. I tend to hang onto forever. 
     
    Glad it went to a good home and that you will still get visitation! 
     
    Welcome to the forum, looking forward to hearing your adventures and thoughts on flying the bird.  I too get lots of looks when I am hauling my plane.  Stopping at the gas station to fill up jugs with the plane behind me always turns into a long BS session with someone at also at the pumps.
     
    
    

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    allonsye added a post in a topic WORRY-FREE GAS CAPS AND PITOT TUBES    28 Oct 2015

    Spendy lil buggers.  My penny tech streamers have been working fine in the meanwhile.  But, maybe another one of those lil winter boredom-blues projects to fiddle with my scrap aluminum.
    Of course the real value in EDMO's thread/posting was to force him to sort out his "worry-free" camera -:)  Nicely done sir.
    

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    EDMO added a post in a topic Whitman Tailwind    28 Oct 2015

    WOW - 145 mph on a C-85!  We need Buttercup wings on our slow AvidFoxes!  I would bet that it don't slow down as quickly as our wings tho...
    EDMO
    

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