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2018
20 Mar 2018
19 Mar 2018
My grandfather served in the 38 Bomber Group in the Pacific in WWII. Turns out someone is still making replica patches and I picked one up for my flight jacket.original ↗
17 Mar 2018
14 Mar 2018
I asked Miss Shaina (@glitter_supergirl96) if she had any dinner ideas. “Captn Crunch breaded chicken” she said. Ask and you shall receive. It’s wrong how awesome it turned out.original ↗
10 Mar 2018
7 Mar 2018
We were “followed” by a phenom jet into Macon County airport. We were out of the plane and almost done refueling before he was on the ground.original ↗
4 Mar 2018
Well that’s an interesting camping location. By looking at our flyover altitude I’d say that tent is at 6000 feet.original ↗
4 Mar 2018
I’ll take bumps climbing over the mountains to keeping my feet on the ground any day. #pilotproblemsoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2018
3 Mar 2018
She has wings! Makes me really look forward to getting to this point with my Zenith. Only took 5 people to get them on.original ↗
24 Feb 2018
22 Feb 2018
Someone was giving away an older PFD by Grand Rapids. It powers on (after I found a pinout diagram) and seems to be working. Will make a good test platform or secondary instrument system.original ↗
17 Feb 2018
How’s this for an eBay find? My 209 patch is on my very very old flight jacket and I was hoping to find one. Boom.original ↗
16 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018
6 Feb 2018
Pretty sure I have the very first customer delivery of the @zenithaircraft Unpanel mount. It’s a little heavier than I expected. #myzenith750original ↗
26 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018
Space heater on an arrow target on a ladder to thaw an exterior bathroom sink pipe. So thankful to whatever engineer invented PEX piping and it’s anti burst properties.original ↗
6 Jan 2018
2017
31 Dec 2017
29 Dec 2017
21 Dec 2017
Seems like I was having Bitcoin 10k discussions two weeks ago. Oh wait, that’s exactly when. #wootoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2017
Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I’m sitting on my front porch that we actually live here.original ↗
9 Dec 2017
If you were a student at Highland Elementary between 1983 and 1986 you would not have been able to check this book out. The checkout card had my name on every line for three years.original ↗
8 Dec 2017
Caleb and I Spent the day helping Jerry with the annual inspection on his Quickie. Not only did the engine not have any parts left over when we put it back together, it even started… #pilotthuglifeoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2017
29 Nov 2017
15 Nov 2017
For a flight in a plane with no auto pilot my track was pretty straight. Could have done without the 25 knot headwind, but the freedom beats flying commercial any day.original ↗
27 Oct 2017
Headed to DC for a @simply_home meeting with the VA. I brought my own autopilot who flew probably 80% of the triporiginal ↗
25 Oct 2017
First time flying a Just Aircraft Highlander. Pretty sure the airplane is even still usable after my landing. #pilotthuglifeoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2017
Forward fuselage work this morning now on hold until I find a bandsaw to trim the longerons #myzenith750original ↗
15 Oct 2017
This word must be clearly displayed to passengers in my airplane. Very few airplane words make me more excited even if it freaks a lot of people out #myzenith750original ↗
13 Oct 2017
Just want to shout out to @zenithaircraft for making the solidworks model available. Taking measurements for creating an @xplaneofficial model of a Cruzer is about 100 times easier noworiginal ↗
12 Oct 2017
Windy and rainy today so I’m working on the @zenithaircraft model wireframes for @xplaneofficial #myzenith750original ↗
8 Oct 2017
6 Oct 2017
Late afternoon flight to practice Instrument approaches with a great friend #pilotthuglifeoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2017
5 Oct 2017
I’ve been doing keto for a while now. My resting heart rate is down to 54, I’ve lost 27 pounds and this is the highest my blood sugar has been about a week. #eatalltheavocadosoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2017
Join us at the Asheville airport to take a ride in the Ford Tri Motor Fri, Sat and Sun. Only 199 were ever produced.original ↗
1 Oct 2017
Great thing about doing the plane build in the garage is that any free 30 minutes means progress. Will be much harder when it’s too big to fit in here and I need to finish it at the airport #myzenith750original ↗
1 Oct 2017
Dennis asked me to help with some soldering and avionics work on his RV-8. We even managed to get successfully call the tower. #eaa #eaa1016 #pilotthuglifeoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2017
At the end of the @zenithaircraft banquet last night the guys from Avolution did a little flyby on their way home. Now I want an Eclipse 500...original ↗
24 Sept 2017
While I am in Missouri at Zenith, my good friends Jerry and Nancy went to a Quickie fly in in Iowa. That’s a lot of Q’soriginal ↗
23 Sept 2017
This unpainted cruiser has the Viking engine that I’m buying. I can’t believe how quiet it is. Standing just 10 feet from itoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2017
23 Sept 2017
23 Sept 2017
This is the second time I’ve met Jack Pelton and heard him speak in two months. @eaa @eaachapter1016original ↗
22 Sept 2017
I’m at Zenith Aircraft for the next two days to network, be inspired, and make airplane noises. #manitshothereoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2017
We are hosting one of the first real commercial airliners in Asheville in a few weeks. Come on down to see it and take a ride.original ↗
15 Sept 2017
15 Sept 2017
13 Sept 2017
9 Sept 2017
8 Sept 2017
3 Sept 2017
Thinking about flying to Hangar Days in Mexico MO if the weather cooperates. #pilotthuglifeoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2017
I randomly stumbled on this podcast. I worked for Dr Achacoso for several years at a startup. He's as interesting in real life as he sounds on this podcast and is a dear friend. Funny how small the world is sometimes.original ↗
2 Sept 2017
I now have a business reason to work on this rating. I've heard the written part of the exam is a dooseyoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2017
24 Aug 2017
21 Aug 2017
21 Aug 2017