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Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids.

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Keeping Up With The Past

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After posting 'Chugger's Rib-II' several people suggested I try making the gussets out of drywall tape, having read of someone u...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Chugger's Rib - II

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For the last two months I've been making ribs. The first one was made of Sitka spruce, aviation-grade plywood, T-88 epoxy and pneumatica...
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Brush Fires

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We've had some. A lot of you asked how we were doing, others wanted to know why a California brush fire was such a big deal compared t...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

AV - Chugger's Tail

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Back in May I mentioned I was using Pete Bower's Fly Baby as the basis for Chugger's tail. At that time (ie, 16 May 2007) I uploa...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Design by Concensus

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Back when the world was young and I still had hair the Navy hired a gaggle of eggheads to contribute to the design of what eventually became...
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Monday, September 3, 2007

AV - Chugger's Rib

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Labor Day, 2007. Weather has been hot. A few miles north of us a mountain lion was seen drinking from a swimming pool and the coyotes are s...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

AV - Crankcase Basics - II

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Before wasting any time here, go read: http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/av-crankcase-basics.html ...especially the part where I sa...
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No, not THAT Bob Hoover :-) (ie, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover from Tennessee and perhaps the best pilot in the history of flight.) The problem is that all Roberts get Bob-ed at birth and there isn't much we can do about it. When posting something about aviation I generally use 'R.S.Hoover' to prevent confusion.
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