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RV-8 and the Missed Museum Mission
Saturday 6/3/23 was one of the few nearly perfect days we get around here, the kind where it isn't raining, it isn't too cloudy, it isn't...
Steve
Jun 5, 20234 min read


RV-8 and the 2023 Condition Inspection Pt. 4
The weekend of 4/8/23 - 4/9/23 saw me getting a lot closer to being finished. When I left off last weekend all I had left to do was to...
Steve
Apr 9, 20236 min read


RV-8 and the 2023 Condition Inspection Pt. 3
The condition inspection continues 4/1/23 and 4/2/23. First thing Saturday I wanted to get the air filter out and get it cleaned so it...
Steve
Apr 8, 20233 min read


RV-8 and the 2023 Condition Inspection Pt. 2
My 2023 Condition Inspection continues over the weekend of 3/24/23 through 3/26/23. A couple of weeks ago I inspected, cleaned, and...
Steve
Mar 27, 20236 min read


RV-8 and the Search for Lunch
Friday 3/17/23 was simply too nice a day to spend at work. So I didn't. It was the warmest day of the year so far with a high of about...
Steve
Mar 20, 20239 min read


RV-8 and the Son of Cap Cam
Friday 2/24/23 was severe clear here in the Northwet. We had just come off a week of wild, windy, blustery weather and cold...
Steve
Feb 26, 20238 min read


RV-8 and the Day of the Clouds
Saturday 2/11/23 was supposed to be a little bit better day than it turned out to be. The forecast on Friday called for clearing about...
Steve
Feb 15, 20238 min read


RV-8 and the 2023 Condition Inspection Pt. 1 (2/4/23 - 2/5/23)
Even though my Condition Inspection doesn't expire until the end of May, I am starting on it early. I got lucky last year and I didn't...
Steve
Feb 5, 20239 min read


RV-8 and the Winter Weather Change
Saturday 1/28/23 was a transition day, weather wise. It had been cloudy and rainy all week, how unusual, but was going to clear up for...
Steve
Feb 2, 20236 min read


RV-8 and the New Year's Richland Run
Friday 1/20/23 was too nice a day to spend at work. Particularly since there was yet another storm system coming in for the weekend it...
Steve
Jan 21, 20236 min read


RV-8 and the Tale of the Toasty Coastal Trip
Saturday 8/6/22 was another toasty day in the Northwest, but not nearly as bad as last weekend. It is still hotter than I care for, but...
Steve
Aug 10, 20226 min read


RV-8 and the Cloudy Weekend
Sucia Island Friday 7/22/22 was a cloudy day, at least to start with. It was part of the normal pattern of morning clouds and afternoon...
Steve
Jul 24, 20227 min read


RV-8 and the AV Mag Installation
6/10/22 - A few months ago, when I was doing my Condition Inspection, I sent my AV-30E back to uAvionix to have the internal magnetometer...
Steve
Jun 26, 20227 min read


RV-8 and the 2022 Condition Inspection
3/12/22 and 3/13/22 - It is once again that time of year, time to take the airplane out of service and do the annual inspection. ...
Steve
Apr 24, 202219 min read


RV-8 and the Blown Flash Tube
11/25/21 - When I flew on Sunday I noticed that my right strobe was out. Since the airplane was built mostly in the last century, it has...
Steve
Nov 28, 20212 min read


RV-8 and the Rusty Push-Pull Tube
11/27/21 - The only delayed discrepancy I had from last year's condition inspection was some minor rust on the bottom aft ends of both...
Steve
Nov 27, 20215 min read


RV-8 and the 2021 Thanksgiving Week Part 3
Wednesday 11/24/21 was always a big question mark. It was the only day of the week that had any real chance to be flyable and give us...
Steve
Nov 27, 20214 min read


RV-8 and the Thanksgiving 2021 Week Part 1
Saturday 11/20/21 was the best day we have seen in a while. There were still a lot of clouds around, but it wasn't windy and it wasn't...
Steve
Nov 25, 20213 min read


RV-8 and the 2021 Thanksgiving Week Part 2
Sunday 11/21/21 was clearer than Saturday and the sky seemed to be putting on quite a light show, but as I soon found out, it was not...
Steve
Nov 25, 20215 min read
RV-8 and the "At last, a Nice Day" Flight
Saturday August 28th 2021 was the first decent flying day I've had in 4 weeks. The last time I flew was July 31st. If it wasn't...
Steve
Aug 29, 20213 min read
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