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2020
I’ve made the mistake of falling in love with espresso which means my morning cup of coffee is now a multi step ordeal. Totally worth it.original ↗
3 Jan 2020
2019
Ran out of bottles when bottling this batch of mead. Then in remembered we are the south. One thing we definitely have here is mason jars!original ↗
28 Dec 2019
28 Dec 2019
28 Dec 2019
Despite marrying a sailor, my wife is known for her mostly PG-13 mouth. Today she was putting a turkey in the oven when she realized halfway through setting a timer that she had forgotten to put the herbs in the cavity. Ladies and gentlemen, present you with Alexa’s capture of my wife’s “dirty mouth”. Sound on.original ↗
22 Dec 2019
Been a pair of minutes since I’ve screwed something up on my airplane build. Making 8 of these. They should be cut like the one on the right. The one on the left is an epic fail on my part. #myzenith750original ↗
21 Dec 2019
So I was elected President of an old school organization, the Western North Carolina Pilots Association. Old school to the point where the President gets a custom made gavel. I wonder if they’re gonna be ready for the kinds of changes I’m going to be making. Starting with the gavel...original ↗
13 Dec 2019
We lived just a few miles from here for a decade and I’ve never been to this airport before. #tigerbaronoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2019
Caleb left the airport and took a job making wine at Biltmore to put himself through school. He brings home wine almost every day. Can you tell this week was Merlot?original ↗
24 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019
44 degrees INSIDE the hangar but the plane isn’t going to build itself. Suck it up buttercup. #myzenith750original ↗
2 Nov 2019
15 Oct 2019
Such and honor and privilege to have spent the last week with the men of the 100th bomb group and their families. Got a little flying in too :). Map credit to #foreflightoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2019
14 Oct 2019
Incredible weekend with these men. When the weekend started there were 10. Dewey Christopher passed away in his sleep here at the reunion. Blue skies Dewey.original ↗
13 Oct 2019
11 Oct 2019
Oh nothing, just spending the day with WWII veterans at the National Museum of World War II.original ↗
11 Oct 2019
Just an ordinary day. The guy in the red? He’s a WWII B-17 pilot and I just flew him to Colorado Springs for a reunion.original ↗
10 Oct 2019
Headed to Colorado Springs tomorrow. Apparently they are in for a slight change of weather in the next 18 hours.original ↗
9 Oct 2019
Take your wife to see Orson Scott Card and she sketches him instead of taking pictures. Welcome to my world.original ↗
28 Sept 2019
I was super nervous to cut the struts to length. Turns out a metal cutting blade on my miter saw made it a snap. #myzenith750original ↗
23 Sept 2019
Flew to Mexico MO and back for the Zenith Open House yesterday. Did I take a single picture at the event? Nope. #facepalmoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2019
Measuring distances on opposite sides of the wings to make sure they are lined up using a digital tape measure with a laser on it. Was hoping for them to be “pretty close”, but exactly the same will do too :)original ↗
14 Sept 2019
30 Aug 2019
Calling approach into Beaufort for a 10 degree deviation for “a little weather” was a good call.original ↗
21 Aug 2019
Quiet afternoon with the best beer in America, a book and a pretty artist. Not too shabby. #makecheatdaycountoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2019
16 Aug 2019
Starting on the dreaded wing root skins. Trying to make aluminum go into shapes it really doesn’t want to go... #myzenith750original ↗
11 Aug 2019
6 Aug 2019
In the early morning I put one of these in my coffee. I’m currently questioning why we have them next to each other in the pantry. For... reasons.original ↗
3 Aug 2019
Bill captured my approach in the rain from the right seat. I turned a much closer in base leg than usual to avoid the heavy rain just to the south of the airport. #tigerbaronoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
Made it to Airventure with my favorite person. Only had to warm water in a coffee pot to bathe one time to get here. #campscholleroriginal ↗
22 Jul 2019
4 Jul 2019
Today’s cool airplane spotting of the day: A Rutan Long EZ. This is an airplane I’ve wanted since I was a kid. Unfortunately my Dutch/Norwegian shoulders are too broad to fit comfortably. And no there is nothing wrong with it. The engine is in the tail so when you park it and get out you retract the nose gear and sit it on the nose so it doesn’t tip backwards.original ↗
1 Jul 2019
I hear “I could never build an airplane” a lot. Yes you can. You just have to be willing to spend a couple thousand hours over a couple years paying very careful attention to endless details. This is the only place this jam nut on the linear actuator is mentioned. Check. #myzenith750original ↗
30 Jun 2019
I couldn’t find this tiny part so I made it from the plans specs from scrap aluminum. As soon as I finished I found it. #myzenith750original ↗
29 Jun 2019
I have 13 vertebrae fused in my spine so laying on a hard surface is pretty painful. But if it doesn’t kill you and all that... #myzenith750original ↗
23 Jun 2019
Made 24 of these L angles this morning. I must be slacking, only 384 holes before 8am. And yes, I counted because... well reasons. #myzenith750original ↗
22 Jun 2019
I have thousands of dollars worth of fancy tools but sometimes the right tool for the job is a six dollar hack saw and some elbow grease. #myzenith750original ↗
21 Jun 2019
Before the work day even started today I got the nose skin pulled over. Chipping away every day. #myzenith750original ↗
20 Jun 2019
Asheville airport cool airplane sighting of the day: Zenith 601 being delivered to a new owner in Norfolk.original ↗
18 Jun 2019
We only eat bread once or twice a month so when we do we really try to make it special. Tonight it’s a mountain of dinner plate sized homemade garlic naan.original ↗
16 Jun 2019
16 Jun 2019
This morning’s progress beginning at 6am was 340 holes on the bottom skin and main spar each drilled twice to final size. I think I can skip my shoulder workout today. In case you were wondering, a @boschtoolsna drill can easily drill 680 holes on 1 and a half batteries. #myzenith750original ↗
15 Jun 2019
A lot of people tell me they just don't have time for working out, or learning new things, or long term projects of passion etc. Well what were you doing at 5am this morning? Yeah... #myzenith750original ↗
8 Jun 2019
The second wing is going 10 times faster now that I sort of know what I’m doing #myzenith750original ↗
4 Jun 2019
26 May 2019
It’s fast enough that it’s hard for the camera guy to focus and keep it in frame, but it sure does sound cool. #tigerbaronoriginal ↗
24 May 2019
21 May 2019
21 May 2019
26 Apr 2019
At the end of the training just for fun I took off from runway 4 at JFK and experienced a double bird strike climbing out. I made it back to runway 13 in a Baron. Take that Sully! #sullyisarealherooriginal ↗
20 Apr 2019
Ran out yesterday to check the tie-downs on the Skyhawk we took down here. No hangars available so I had to watch it try to fly a little while tied down.original ↗
20 Apr 2019
Back in the Baron simulator again. If classes were like this in grade school, maybe kids would pay attention.original ↗
20 Apr 2019
16 Apr 2019
Learning to fly a twin engine airplane on one engine makes for some strange flight paths on FlightAware #tigerbaronoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2019
This is odd. In the same hangar as the Baron is a Pilatus painted like a Zebra. Welcome to the zoo hangar. #tigerbaronoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2019
23 Mar 2019
23 Mar 2019
23 Mar 2019