What did you do today?

Southpaw said:
Took a picture of new water tank that is just off to south and the west of runway 11.
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Haze White. I wonder which city employee’s wife picked the color. (That’s actually how the color for the water tower on my former home drome was chosen.)
 
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Checked out the new paved road to the airport. Used to be gravel and potholes. New owner really dumping some money. Sounds like edge lighting is next.IMG_4167.jpeg
 
Bid on a "classic" car. 2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe. Only 781 made with the targa top. This one was single owner and only had 1900 miles. Only 32 with this color blue. Wanted this trim package when Pontiac was still a thing. Nothing crazy performance wise. Just always liked the look.IMG_4199.webp


Went for more than I was willing to spend. 29,500. Really want a manual anyway. Only 330 came with a manual.
 
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Bid on a "classic" car. 2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe. Only 781 made with the targa top. This one was single owner and only had 1900 miles. Only 32 with this color blue. Wanted this trim package when Pontiac was still a thing. Nothing crazy performance wise. Just always liked the look.View attachment 152825
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I saw one of these on the road one morning, after having not seen one in years, so I looked it up. Designed by a young Franz von Holzhausen, who has been Tesla's chief designer for the last 18 years. Not surprised... Cool car!
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
I flew for donuts. And thanks to @Martin Pauly I know how to get in and out if CID (Cedar Rapids) without paying Signature.

I have friends with a Thai restaurant in Cedar Rapids. They also make these amazing donuts and sell them at the farmer's market. So good.

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What's the dark caterpillar-like things on top of the lower-right three?
Any chilies in those?
 
* spent 40 minutes driving that could have been spent working
* added to traffic and pollution
* propped up building occupancy numbers
* raised energy prices for consumers
 
Got most of my annual inspection completed and did a CorrosionX treatment. Tomorrow we just have to check compressions and adjust the idle mixture (it's a little rich), then I can start buttoning her back up. No bad surprises this year. Since my engine was OH'd last year, there are only 3 recurring ADs now and they're simple: check the ignition switch cutoff, inspect the wing attachment bracket, and inspect the stabilator hinge attachment.

We'll finish it off in the morning as it's too bloody hot to work in the afternoon. By about 11:30 this morning we couldn't take the heat anymore. I think it was about 105 in the hangar.
 
Pugs said:
It lives! Lots left to do.
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Same year as the truck my dad rebuilt when I was a kid back in the 70s. He was more of a hot-rodder, and his had side pipes along the running boards and fat tires on mag wheels. He got it most of the way finished, rebuilt the bed, did all the body work, dropped in a new engine, reupholstered the seat, etc., and had a coat of primer on it when he decided to sell it. I never got to see the final version.
 
Tried to find a contractor to shoot closed cell foam in my 12x16 shed so I can put the mini split in. Yes, I can handle the heat, but the mini split will keep the humidity down enough to prevent the shop tools from rusting.
 
Well not today but yesterday - Flew with another pilot in the Archer from Laconia NH to Plymouth MA to pick up Cirrus for me to fly it to Frederick MD, visit a friend and bring two friends back up to NH for a vacation. Did the LCI to PYM leg VFR and they nicely cleared us through the Logan Bravo @ 5500' yielding a nice view of Logan and Boston.

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I passed my medical yesterday, freeing me to menace the skies for another two years*.

*Assuming I manage to get a flight review next month, and don't develop a disqualifying condition, and my airplane remains airworthy, and....it never really ends, does it?
 
asicer said:
Spent 28 minutes on safety training where I learned not to use a knife as a screwdriver or a rasp as a pry bar.
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Everybody knows you’re supposed to use a knife as a pry bar, not a rasp…at least, that’s probably why I have pocket knives from my grandpa and great grandpa with broken blade tips. ;)
 
Took a flight down the west coast and didn’t break anything. Turned around 40 minutes later, took the flight back up the west coast, and managed to break things in a new and exciting way. Many engineers are now irritated. Feeling accomplished.
 
MauleSkinner said:
Everybody knows you’re supposed to use a knife as a pry bar, not a rasp…at least, that’s probably why I have pocket knives from my grandpa and great grandpa with broken blade tips. ;)
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No sir. Uh uh. No way. Not in the very least... until after my access permission is granted. ;)
 
Talked to a bunch on Middle School STEM Students about USAF Engineering careers. I mentioned being assigned to the Black Hole for a while in my career. When asked “what was the Black Hole?”, I said it’s a place where nobody knows where you are or what you’re doing. Sort of like a Galactic Black Hole where nothing escapes except when in the USAF type when you are done doing what was needed, you can come out (but usually not tell anybody anything about it until much later, if ever).
 
Started closing up my plane again, having finished the annual yesterday. No issues this year. Also gave it a CorrosionX treatment.

It’ll take me a couple of days to get her back together as I’m just working on it for a couple of hours during the morning.
 
Re-oiled (it's a yearly thing) the wood gunwales and thwarts on the Mad River canoe I restored last summer, also refinished an old paddle of unknown origin. Hopefully I can get it out on the lake this weekend.
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Installed a new Whelen strobe powerpack in a Warrior II. To remove the old one, which, through painful and thorough troubleshooting I had determined was dead, I cut trapezoidal shaped plywood panels to slip under the control cables and over the empennage ribs.

Solo troubleshooting and removal involved a dozen trips in and out of the 16" square, because each subtest required the master switch be thrown. Installation required only 2 trips--I needed a slightly longer screw.

It worked! Onward into the annual!
 
Domenick said:
Solo troubleshooting and removal involved a dozen trips in and out of the 16" square, because each subtest required the master switch be thrown. Installation required only 2 trips--I needed a slightly longer screw
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Did you consider recruiting a helper?
 
Domenick said:
Installed a new Whelen strobe powerpack in a Warrior II. To remove the old one, which, through painful and thorough troubleshooting I had determined was dead, I cut trapezoidal shaped plywood panels to slip under the control cables and over the empennage ribs.

Solo troubleshooting and removal involved a dozen trips in and out of the 16" square, because each subtest required the master switch be thrown. Installation required only 2 trips--I needed a slightly longer screw.

It worked! Onward into the annual!
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Congrats! I know that was a PITA to troubleshoot.
 
Celebrated reaching the Age of Medicare Eligibility. SWMBO took me out for a nice dinner at a local seafood place where I enjoyed a low country boil, then she showered me with some lovely presents.

Plus, I got the best birthday card of all time from my SIL:

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Ed Haywood said:
Got my fuel tank back from the welder. Pulled an all nighter to install it. Gonna get some sleep, then start covering.

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And you're doing this in your old hangar that's turning into a pumpkin at the end of the month? Nothing like adding time pressure.

 
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