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   bmcj added a post in a topic UNLICENSED PILOT CRASHES PLANE, KILLS 5    9 Dec 2015

   A little late to the party, but assuming 5 adults would put 3 in the rear seat (or one in the baggage area), wouldn't that result in a CG too far aft and compromised stability?
   

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   bmcj added a post in a topic Southern California - FLABOB (Riverside)    14 May 2013

   For anyone not familiar with Flabob, you need only look as far as this month's
   issue of Sport Aviation (EAA's main publication).
   
   http://www.eaa.org/sportaviationmag/
   
   You can also check out:
   
   www.flabob.org
   www.eaach1.org
   
   Bruce
   
    
   

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   bmcj added a topic in Local Fly in's    2 May 2013

   Southern California - FLABOB (Riverside)

   I posted this on the Avid Yahoo forum, but wanted to put it out to our Kitfox brethren too since we all basically represent the same family of aircraft.
    
   For anyone near southern California looking for an excuse to fly your Avid or Kitfox,
   here's info for the upcoming Flabob Low and Slow Fly In, with food, planes and
   fun events. There is a (meager) website for registration and meal signups here:
   
   http://www.lowandslowflyin.com
   
   
   Let's see how many Avids and Kitfoxes we can get out there on short notice. Maybe we can put
   on a good turnout for the type. You can't get much lower or slower than the Avid or Kitfox!
    
   Be sure to go to the link and register so that they know how many meals to plan for.
   
   Bruce
   
    
   Flabob L-n-S.pdf
   
   
   

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   bmcj added a post in a topic Sharing a hangar sucks sometimes    3 Feb 2010

   
   Is that the white overspray on the blue or a blue metalflake paint?
   

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   bmcj added a post in a topic California and Wisconsin Unite    2 Feb 2010

   
   I had the good fortune to grow up around a lot of WW2 pilots and would listen intently to their stories. I still listen with interest to my wife's uncle who, at 86, is one of the few remaining original Tuskegee Airman (he also lives in Vacaville and flies a Beech Skipper). I also enjoyed listening to my grandfather who became a pilot for the US Signal Corps Aviation Division in 1917 and flew with them until 1930 (they changed names twice in that time period from Signal Corps to Army Air Service to Army Air Corps), where he flew at Kelly Field in Texas and helped open March Field in Riverside, CA. After 1930, he flew Ford Trimotors and Lockheed Vega's for Conoco Oil, as well as his own Jenny (for some old fashioned barnstorming), Vega, Trimotor, Travelaire, Ryan SCW, and DC-3.
   
   I hate that we are losing these voices from aviation's past.
   
   Bruce
   

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   bmcj added a post in a topic Wheel alignment    17 Jun 2009

   Is this a truss gear or the solid aluminum (grove-style) gear?  If the solid aluminum, have you ever considered just turning the gear around? toe-in becomes toe-out.   
   
   Bruce  :D
   

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