Brother Baker had a four day break in training. He spent much of that time polishing 43 Bravo. She really looks nice! Of course that brings up the age old time management question: What do you like to do? Fly or polish? You can't do both.
Feeling only slightly guilty; Brother Barbeau and I decided we like to fly. Sorry Joe. She looked so nice and shiny sitting there yesterday. We couldn't help ourselves!
Interesting observation: Since Brother Baker added felt to the cowling access door seals a few weeks ago, the cowling hinge line is slightly different when viewed from the right seat. I noticed it when Gary was making his first landing. I thought the nose was going to be a touch right of straight, but his touchdown was perfect. Thinking about the geometry, it makes sense. The felt was added to the forward edge pulling the hinge line slightly outboard and more in line with the longitudinal axis. It might not seem like a big deal, but in the tail wheel world, a little change can mean a lot! Can you hear the Sky Gods laughing?
All seven landings were really nice. Gary's were exceptional! He did four from the left seat and I did three from the right. If only our instructor had been there to see them!
Jellystone Air Park neighbor, Gardy Wilson, was tinkering with his Bird Dog yesterday afternoon---fixing a leak in a fuel tank. He said the first one hundred and thirty-four screws came out fairly easy. It took a week's worth of penetrating solvent and an impact screwdriver to remove the last six!
Jellystone Air Park sunset.
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