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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.

Friday, April 3, 2009

F.R.E.D. the Airplane

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. F.R.E.D. is an airplane designed and built by Mr. Eric Clutton, who will sell you a set of plans, allowing you to build a copy for yoursel...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

Information Overload

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. That's not a joke. Nor a line from a poorly written television show. It's the real thing. And the effect it has on me is rather...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

TABLE SAW, Part 1

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About two years ago I was coming home from an errand in town and because of traffic, I took a different route. It climbed out of the part o...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Ode to my Belly Band

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It clasps me. Not too tightly In a grip of Velcro and lace. Politely It provides a Nylon squeeze between my shoulders and my knees. My onc...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Cutting Aluminum

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. Aluminum is marvelous stuff for building airplanes. It is as strong as mild steel -- and even stronger in some cases == yet weighs barely...
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Monday, March 2, 2009

Brothers All

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. It's not just pills and radiation that cures cancer. A big part of it, perhaps even more important than xrays and medication, is the ...
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How to Carve a Propeller -- Part 1

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. A search of the internet will turn up half a dozen How-To articles for making a propeller. What follows is a series of articles explainin...
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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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