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So, making progress across several mods, couple teasers of the LED cockpit lighting once the sun started to go down and I closed the hangar doors. Smoke tank install ongoing, spinner back plate mounted but tough to secure, very little room for the lockwashers and nuts. Having fun...

1st conditional on the Yak is underway, owner assisted. Learning a lot about the bird and planning on some mods along with general clean-up. Compression check today went really well - engine has 927 hrs: 1 - 80/80 2 - 80/80 3 -78/80 4 - 78/80 5 - 78/80 6 - 78/80 7 - 78/80 8 -...

Finally have the Yak systems all sorted and stable so I have started to play with solo acro - really fun machine now that I can enjoy it. The big old radial just chugs right around, like a tractor, stick forces are nice and overall performance is pretty good when considering it weighs over a...

So I am thinking a bit more seriously about getting some kind of roadster to supplement my Grand Cherokee and motorcycles for fun in the sun transportation in SoCal. Previously was interested in the Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) but too many horror stories about getting them through smog on Rennlist...

Sorry to hear that Jim Bede passed away earlier today. I did some work with Jim back in the Bede-12/14 days. He was a great host to my wife and I when we visited his facility, almost got to fly in the BD-10. He was also very great to us when we visited his display at Oshkosh with the...

So I don't have video I can share (guys desire privacy) but my Yak buddies and I have started on formation acro training, after warming up with formation wingovers we have moved on to 2-ship loops, really intense flying with an experienced airshow performer. I am flying GIB so far as...

In Russia, aerobatics practice YOU... with apologies to Jakov Smirnoff. Nice in-cockpit video of acro practice in a Yak-52 in Russia. 'Gimp

Deal is done and checkout complete! 2900 lbs, 360hp 9 cylinder radial, fully aerobatic, +7/-5 limit loads, smoke belching, fire breathing Russian badassery. 'Gimp

73 years ago today Imperial Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor to try and keep us out of the Pacific as they extended their empire. Their pre-emptive strategy backfired as they miscalculated the will, resolve and capacity of America and Her people to fight the good fight when...

My consulting that I do on the side has been going OK this year and looks good for next year, so I am about to pull the trigger on something stupid, but very cool. Stupid because the time is 'never right' for something like this in purely rational terms, but I am not getting any younger -...

Curious how many instrument rated pilots here use one or more of the sim ATC networks to keep frosty? Looking for specific recommendations with the top 2 or 3 reasons you use one or more providers and what your experience has been with them (accuracy/relevance to helping remain current from a...

Yesterday I flew up to Cable with a friend in his T-34B and took the opportunity to try the AVARE and FltPlanGo apps on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet. FltPlan Go I ran the FltPlan Go app on the trip up to Cable, just under an hour. I had downloaded all of the applicable charts and nav data...

So on my recent flight to Vegas I started to find the heads-down nature of having my tablet on my kneeboard to be a challenge, in particular while receiving no less than 3 amended clearances on my way into Vegas. Mostly an issue because I have to flip the tablet out of the way to get to the...

So a flying friend has his MEII, another flying friend has a Beech C-45, and yet another friend has a company that does KA and Citation Type Rating and manages aircraft (who has asked if I had a Comm-Multi and if I wanted to fly right seat in KA 200's), so somehow I integrated all that into the...

I asked a few months ago about the Porsche 944, which was a dream car of mine from High School but as I started to look for one I am finding it hard to swallow the thought of dropping $12-18K for a 30 year old sportscar, particularly given their difficulty in passing smog here in the People's...

Saw this on another forum, very cool. 'Gimp

So I may have an opportunity to put together a club to lease an Extra 300L from a friend for aerobatic training and competition based in the SAN area - probably hangar at Montgomery Field (KMYF) or Gillespie Field (KSEE) although Brown (KSDM) might be possible. Looking for...

So I am evaluating my travel options for a possible flight from KMYF (San Diego) to KAAO (Wichita, KS) for Thanksgiving this year as a treat to myself, and of course everyone else in my family . I am COMM-ASEL/IFR, ~410 TT, not IFR current but with access to CFII's and a legit ground trainer...

I may actually join a local flying club that has several DA40's and Cirrus SR-22's with the G1000 in them to get some TAA exposure and higher-end travel options and am interested in observations, impressions and recommendations/tips on preparing for these integrated EFIS systems. I am familiar...

So I finally flew the San Diego Coastal Route - southbound yesterday morning and wanted to share the GoPro for anyone interested in this route - I made a few minor mistakes and left them in to show even after 28 years we can goof things up. Along the beach you are 500 or below through KSAN's...