My 2022 Flying Adventures
2022 - This years plans. Get the wings repairs painted
and finalize the insurance claim. Try to make it to Sun N Fun and maybe
Oshkosh. Hopefully get Marsha to take a couple weekend trips.
Jan – Mar 2022
Finished Condition Inspection, rebuild pilot side LH brake cylinder, changed
the oil at 15 hrs. in Dec. and went back with the mineral oil till the
50 hr oil change. I got the plane ready just in case all
the duck get in a row for Sun-n Fun this year. Talking to Evoke Aviation
Design to schedule my plane to get the wings painted. This will finish
up the repair from last year. It sounds like they will be able to get me
in right after S-n-F.

Below is just some site seeing pics

Apr 2022
Sun-n-Fun or bust. The ducks where all in a row and
I contacted my buddy Paul Redding to see if he wanted to fly down with
me and he said yes! We wanted to go Wed. and come back Sat. but weather
did not allow that. We decided that we would fly down to our fuel stop
in Moultrie, GA and make a call, what to do from there. Weather was not
good all day Thur. at S-n-F, so we could spend the night in Moultrie or
it looked like we might be able to make it to Cedar Key, FL. We decided
to book a room at Cedar Key and try to make it in there. As we got close
to Cedar Key the ceiling got low and visibility got low also, we were
real close to turning around but just made it in. It would be seafood
for dinner and a room for the night. Our plan was a sunrise takeoff for S-n-F. We
were up and at the plane before sunrise and ready to take off as soon as
the sun came up. We got everything ready and off we went, no airspeed
indication. I forgot to remove the pitot cover. Once around the pattern,
landed, removed the cover, and off we went, again. We crossed Lake
Parker about 7:45am along with a few others. Later, I saw pictures taken
about 8:45am of aircraft holding over Lake Parker and Lake Hancock
because of a FedEx plane departure, which was not a good time to arrive.
We had a really good time. The Homebuilt Camping Hospitality Tent was
hopping and the place to be every night. A cold front had passed through
and the temps stayed low the whole time we were there. I took a shower
Friday night and I won’t do that again if it’s been cool all day. The
water was ice cold. Saturday night airshow the temp was low 60’s but the
wind was blowing. I was so cold that I got in the sleeping bag in my
tent and didn’t watch any of the show. Paul put his sleeping bag on and
sit out there in the wind and watched the show.

Click the above picture to see all the pics
from our Sun-n-Fun Trip
We headed home Sunday morning and we stopped at Moultrie for fuel. We
got the courtesy car to go find lunch. We were given a tip for a good
family style buffet, so we decided to give it a try. That turned out to
be a great choice. Market Barbecue - Great place to eat if your passing
through Moultrie when they are open.
Apr 23, 2022 - I delivered my plane to
Evoke Aviation Design in Gadsen,
AL to have the wings painted. My buddy Danny Powell picked me up in his
new classic 1956 Cessna 172.
May, 2022
Here are the pics from Evoke Aviation's progress below, metal prep work,
masking and paint
complete. May 13 - Plane is finished and ready to be picked up! Hoping
to go get it by May 21.





Got the plane home May 21.
I met a new pilot at the airport one
day and he was very interested in the RV so a few weeks later I texted
him
to see if he'd like to get the Top Gun - RV Experience, well the picture
says it all :-)

Jun, 2022
We got the wing walk material and Marsha and I installed it on the
wings.

Jun. 18th flew over to Mayfield, KY for Breakfast, EAA chapter 807 has a
really good Breakfast once a month.


Jul, 2022
Marsha and I flew to my home town, Bowling Green, OH. My old
elementary school was having an open house and it may not be around much
longer. I got a hold of an old classmate and his sister and we met them
there. We visited a lot of places that I remembered from around town
before going to the school open house. I love visiting that town and
recalling old memories.

CLICK ON ABOVE PICTURES TO SEE ALL
THE PICTURES FROM THIS TRIP
A buddy from work asked if I would give his son a ride for his birthday.
Weather was good and I told him no problem. His son loved it. I let him
have the controls and he flew us around town a few times he held
altitude and did turns like he already had training. He did a great job!

Aug, 2022
I flew to Gallatin, TN for breakfast. They were collecting
supplies for flood victims in eastern Kentucky and were going to have
volunteers fly them to Julian Corral Airport in Jackson, KY. I was free
so I volunteered and delivered all the supplies that I could fit in my
plane. I was one of the first planes to take off but there were plenty
that would be coming later in the day.


Marsha and I had been wanting to check out the Holocaust museum in Terre
Haute, IN some some time. We saw a documentary on TV about a neat
feature that they have there. It is a theater that has a hologram type
way of asking a Holocaust survivor questions about their life. So we
flew up to the Terre Haute Regional airport and used their courtesy car
to go over to the museum. When you arrive you have the choice to have a
guided tour or you you can walk through on your own. their was a small
charge to enter but the guided tour was no additional cost and we highly
recommend doing that. Our guide was very knowledgeable on the Holocaust.
We learned a lot. At the end of the tour is when you enter the theater
and get to hear stories from different survivors and then your able to
ask them questions and they answer your questions. That was very neat.


Sept, 2022
Wright brothers National Memorial, I didn't fly there but I did
get to visit it while I was on a work trip. Very interesting and well
worth visiting if you can. I took a bunch of pictures and if you click
on the ones below you can view my Google Photos album. Some of the first
pictures are from The Elizabethan Garden at Ft. Raleigh.

Oct, 2022
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