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Steve
Aug 6, 20237 min read
RV-8 and the Smoky Saturday
Saturday 8/5/23 marked a somewhat odd change in our weather pattern. All week we have had some to a few clouds in the morning with...
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Steve
Jul 31, 20236 min read
RV-8 and the Solo Forks Run
Saturday 7/29/23 was a nice day all around. Not too hot, not too windy, but there was a rather persistent marine layer. Since I was on...
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Steve
Jul 24, 20238 min read
RV-8 and the Busy Weekend
Friday 7/21/23 was a very busy day, both for me and for others. Surprisingly though, Saturday 7/22/23 was considerably less so. At...
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Steve
Jul 17, 20235 min read
RV-8 and the Warm Weekend
The weekend of 7/14/23 and 7/15/23 was a warm one. Not record setting warm by any stretch of the imagination, but warmer than I care for....
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Steve
Jul 9, 20234 min read
RV-8 and the Partly Cloudy Forks Run
After the mini-heat wave we had over the Fourth of July week, by Saturday 7/8/23 we were back into a more typical pattern of morning...
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Steve
Jul 3, 20237 min read
RV-8 and the Tillamook Air Museum
Saturday 7/1/23 was forecast to be, and ended up being, a rather nice day. The sky was clear, though it was a bit windy, but not...
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Steve
Jun 26, 20234 min read
RV-8 and the Scappoose Trip
Saturday 6/24/23 was a rather typical early summer day in the Northwest. That means, clouds in the morning and sun in the afternoon. ...
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Steve
Jun 18, 202310 min read
RV-8 and the Bonehead Move
Friday 6/16/23 was supposed to be a cloudy / rainy day. I wanted to take the day off, even though I didn't think I would be able to fly,...
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Steve
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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...
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Steve
Apr 9, 20235 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...
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Steve
Apr 8, 20233 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...
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Steve
Mar 27, 20235 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...
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Steve
Mar 20, 20239 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...
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Steve
Feb 26, 20237 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...
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Steve
Feb 15, 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...
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Steve
Feb 5, 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...
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Steve
Feb 2, 20236 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...
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Steve
Jan 21, 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...
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Steve
Aug 10, 20226 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...
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Steve
Jul 24, 20227 min read
RV-8 and the Cloudy Weekend
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 sun. The...
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