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February 02, 2007
3:59
Aviation Memorabilia
» ‎ The House of Rapp

In lieu of Aviatrix’s recent post on navigation, I thought it might be worthwhile to post these World War II

January 27, 2007
17:33
Patching up the wing on the RV-4
» ‎ Air Prayer

Each year we experimental aircraft owners have to put our aircraft through what’s called an annual condition inspection. Those of us who built our own airplanes are authorized by the FAA to pe

January 21, 2007
13:43
That’s Entertainment
» ‎ The House of Rapp

Most corporate aircraft have no identifying marks on them at all because the company doesn’t want competitors knowing where their executives are going. They even go so far as to have their N-
January 18, 2007
13:39
Oil Levels: The Black Art
» ‎ The House of Rapp

Mike Busch’s AVweb article “Checking the Dipstick” got me wondering how much oil is truly required for safe operati
January 09, 2007
12:59
Bill Kershner Goes West
» ‎ The House of Rapp

Aviation legend Bill Kershner, renown throughout the GA community as an instructor and author, has died. Dog-eared copies of Kershner’s

January 06, 2007
23:33
New Year’s Challenge
» ‎ Air Prayer

I belong to an RV Aircraft builders forum called the RivetBangers. The forum operator recently challenged all the members to set a goal to be reached by New Year’s Day. Not an easy goal either

December 28, 2006
17:59
TAC-E Rules
» ‎ The House of Rapp

A friend of a friend (don’t all good hangar flying stories start out that way?) reminiced about flying rotorcraft in Vietnam. While there’s certainly adventure and excitement in becom

December 18, 2006
22:25
2006 Flying Stats
» ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot

Been another disappointing year, flying-wise. I had hoped to complete my Commercial rating but being out of work for three months killed that idea, can’t see it happening next year either right
December 12, 2006
11:17
Personal Minimums
» ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot

Was reading some aviation magazines and blogs last night, mostly about “exciting” flights or accidents and it got me thinking that despite 300 hours of flying time I am still quite the

December 06, 2006
16:20
Fumble In The Desert
» ‎ RJ Wannabe

Tuesday morning, my instructor and I were supposed to finish up the complex portion of my commercial training in the Piper Arrow. However, one of the Arrows was down for 50 hour maintenance and it ha

December 04, 2006
19:54
GPS Approach Hell
» ‎ The House of Rapp

A while back, I made a casual suggestion John at Aviation Mentor. He often writes about instrument flying in “glass panel” aircraft, som

November 30, 2006
10:55
Yet More Blue Origin Test Flying
» ‎ Jim N Texas!

It looks like Blue Origin is going to conduct another test flight of their ‘New Shepard’ vehicle.
November 25, 2006
23:51
Finally more RV-7 work
» ‎ Air Prayer

I started doing a little more on the RV-7 empenage today. First I had to clean up the garage a bit, even though it doesn’t look like it in the pictures. I used a soldering iron to remove some

0:33
Catch Them Young!
» ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot

I was hanging out at the airport tonight waiting to meet some friends, sat outside transient parking listening to the traffic on my radio. After a while a car pulled up and a lady got out with a young

October 15, 2006
15:29
Bells and Whistles
» ‎ The House of Rapp

I perused the recent archives here at the House of Rapp and was surprised at how often I write about aircraft accidents. It may seem morbid. But ever since I started working as a CFI, I am conscio

0:41
Hangar therapy
» ‎ Air Prayer

What a week this has been. There were family problems, work problems, thank God there were no church problems. In fact my church has been a great help this week. For the first time in recent memory
October 06, 2006
1:53
Flight safety
» ‎ Air Prayer

I recently completed my Biennial Flight Review or BFR as it’s known in aviation circles. You see, when you get your driver’s license, you take a driving test and that’s it. You may
September 17, 2006
1:19
More RV-4 work, more RV-7 work
» ‎ Air Prayer

I worked some more on my RV-4 elevator. I spent most of the day getting very little accomplished on it. It’s almost ready to rivet. I need to get some smaller nails for the close quarter dimp

September 06, 2006
2:51
Starched Clearances
» ‎ The House of Rapp

You know, sometimes the news is just too crazy to be made up. As I was flying across Southern California today, I couldn’t help but think of
September 04, 2006
21:27
RV-7 Horizontal Spar
» ‎ Air Prayer

I started work on the empenage of the RV-7 today. As compared to the RV-4 the RV-7 is like building a lego airplane. Progress for today was to mount the spar stiffener and the elevator hinges. This
21:10
Left hand elevator almost done
» ‎ Air Prayer

The bulk of the work on the left hand elevator is now done. All I have to do is add a little more lead to the counterweight and then attach the fiberglass end tip. I was a little intimidated by the

August 31, 2006
5:46
Glider Reaches 50,699 Feet
» ‎ The House of Rapp

Steve Fossett strikes again: The 62-year-old Chicago investment mogul said he and Norwegian co-pilot Einar Enevoldson, 74, rode powerfu
August 29, 2006
3:20
The Greasy Spoon
» ‎ The House of Rapp

Sam got me thinking about good places for a pilot to grab a bite around Southern California. I was going to add a comment to

August 22, 2006
13:20
Medical Renewed
» ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot

Just back from seeing the AME for my new medical certificate. As I expected, no problems anywhere though I did make a couple of tiny mistakes on the vision test, more because I was going too fast than