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DIY Continental O-200 Air-Oil Separator
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Flying Around in a W8. DIY Continental O-200 Air-Oil Separator. Monday, Apr 1, 2013. See the section on “Crankcase Sealing and Breather Tube”). If you look at this picture. Which can be found at the above BFB link. The “upper” side of the pipe was marked at 4.75″ and the “lower” side at 4.25″. This photo is a top view. Then cut at the appropriate angle. This photo is a bottom view. Then, as described by Harry Fenton on BFB, it needs to be “fish mouthed”. And here’s what you have when it’s done. Notify me...
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2013 July
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Flying Around in a W8. To Pierce County for Supplies – KPLU. Thursday, Jul 18, 2013. Oops, someone goofed. It's Thursday afternoon and someone forgot to order fabric and glue to get wings and control surfaces covered during the weekend. FedEx and UPS can't get the stuff delivered tomorrow for a [.]. Landin’ at Bandon – S05. Thursday, Jul 4, 2013. IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS. Lake Chelan S10 and Stehekin 6S9. 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Tom Cummings W-10 Tailwind.
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8 Airports in One Day
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Flying Around in a W8. 8 Airports in One Day. Saturday, Jun 1, 2013. First landing at Cle Elum runway 25…. Then a touch and go at Ellensburg runway 7…. Then a landing at Quincy. There was a lot of turbulence in the pattern at this airport. This is what the trip looked like so far…. Then a touch and go on runway 25 at Sunnyside. Finally, back home at Yakima. I was cleared for a long landing on niner with a wind of 140 @ 9 knots. Things got hairy for a moment during a gust, then settled, then I bou...Do yo...
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2013 September
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Flying Around in a W8. Sand Canyon 1S9 – Chewelah, WA. Thursday, Sep 19, 2013. The boss needed supplies flown to a gentleman at Sand Canyon 1S9 in Chewelah, WA so I volunteered. This is a quiet residential airpark tucked in the Okanagon foothills in Northeast Washington. IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS. Lake Chelan S10 and Stehekin 6S9. 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Sand Canyon 1S9 – Chewelah, WA. To Pierce County for Supplies – KPLU. Landin’ at Bandon – S05.
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Stuff
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Flying Around in a W8. IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS. Tuesday, Jun 30, 2015. Two and a half months after Apple eft over thousands of pilots that relied on external GPS units for their aviation apps, the release of iOS 8.4 has arrived and I can say with [.]. 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In. Thursday, Jun 25, 2015. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Friday, May 8, 2015. My New Year’s Resolution: 150 Hours of Flight. Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. Sim-Outhouse Updated Wittman Tailwind Models. Saturday, May 19, 2012.
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Flights
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Flying Around in a W8. Lake Chelan S10 and Stehekin 6S9. Friday, Jun 26, 2015. I've got another trip planned to Bandon on the southern Oregon coast coming up, and I'm seven hours away from an oil change so I need to fly seven hours in the next six days [.]. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Friday, May 8, 2015. Sand Canyon 1S9 – Chewelah, WA. Thursday, Sep 19, 2013. To Pierce County for Supplies – KPLU. Thursday, Jul 18, 2013. Landin’ at Bandon – S05. Thursday, Jul 4, 2013. 8 Airports in One Day. This morni...
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iOS 8.3 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS!
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Flying Around in a W8. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Friday, May 8, 2015. The boss needed someone to pick up a customer from Baker City, Oregon so I volunteered. I’ve been to Baker City several times and it’s an easy, direct flight, but for today’s flight my iPad wasn’t functioning, or at least I. And OMFG, this isn’t an iPad or Bad Elf GPS or Air Navigation Pro problem – THIS IS AN APPLE PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY CAUSED BY THE UPDATE TO iOS 8.3! This is a screenshot of Air Navigation Pro near Pendleton, OR ...
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2013 March
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Flying Around in a W8. Bandera State Airport 4W0 – Bandera, WA. Saturday, Mar 30, 2013. Skykomish State S88 – Skykomish, WA. Saturday, Mar 30, 2013. About 35 miles east of Monroe, WA along US Highway 2 (The Stevens Pass Highway) is the town of Skykomish with a grass strip. Snoqualmie Falls – Snoqualmie, WA. Saturday, Mar 30, 2013. Hmmm, where should we fly today? Funky clouds to the south. Grey skies to the east. Mostly blue skies to the north and west. Let's go northwest! IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS.
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2013 April
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Flying Around in a W8. Packwood Has Been Conquered. Friday, Apr 26, 2013. This wasn't my first attempt at setting down in Packwood, but it was almost as harrowing as the first! This place has been on my list for a while and if at first you don't [.]. DIY Continental O-200 Air-Oil Separator. Monday, Apr 1, 2013. IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS. Lake Chelan S10 and Stehekin 6S9. 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Sand Canyon 1S9 – Chewelah, WA. Tom Cummings W-10 Tailwind.
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2013 June
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Flying Around in a W8. 8 Airports in One Day. Saturday, Jun 1, 2013. This morning I felt adventurous and wanted to practice landing at different airports in a variety of settings and, really, see how many airports I can visit before my rumpus maximus was too sore to [.]. IOS 84 Update and Bad Elf GPS. Lake Chelan S10 and Stehekin 6S9. 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In. IOS 83 Wrecked My Bad Elf GPS! Sand Canyon 1S9 – Chewelah, WA. To Pierce County for Supplies – KPLU. Landin’ at Bandon – S05.