Tony Phillips RV 9 Flying Adventures

Off to paint!

tonyphillipsrv9 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:30:52 +0000

Aaron and I flew down to Wadesboro, NC on Friday to drop off the plane with Mason Aircraft Finishing. We had a great flight down. Did the Chicago Lake Shore route to Gary, then southeast direct to M97 (Kentucky) for some gas. Beautiful airport! Cheap gas too. Then direct to Wadesboro. All about 4 hours flying time. It took us a couple of hours to disassemble the plane. Then several hours waiting for Kellie to pick us up and give us a ride to Florida.

Aaron and I Kentucky

tonyphillipsrv9 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:46:18 +0000

Aaron and I flew down to Kentucky a couple of weeks ago. There was sort of an impromptu RV fly-in. We had a good time and here are some photos. We had front row seats for the Cherokee botched landing. It was a great flight lesson for Aaron. I could tell the approach was all wrong while the pilot was still on final. After the first bounce I told Aaron he needed to do an immediate go around. The pictures are the result of what happened when he didn’t. Click to view slideshow.

Paint!

tonyphillipsrv9 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:55:27 +0000

Getting ready to send N524AP to the paint shop. I will be taking it to the same painter that Bill Repucci used. Gene Mason did a great job on Bill’s. I am sure he will do the same with mine.

Kaylie Graduated Last Week!

tonyphillipsrv9 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:22:13 +0000

Thought I would share her “RV” related poem.

My daughter graduated last week from High School. I found this poem in a binder.

I AM A PLANE

Depending on the time of year
the type of weather
or the hour of departure
you’re view will always be differnt.

A snapshot in time is only that,
one part of the world around you.

Your heart races every time,
because you helped build this,
will it last?

The horizon line is like a picture in the distance
and the runway is your future.

You need to race down because everything is specific with time and speed.

Finally the wings catch air and off you go.

The people below grow smaller and smaller,
until they cannot be seen

A glance to the left and your sight is covered in white.

A glance to the right displays clear sky and checkered ground.

You cannot help but be enamored by the views.

This s the world as it should be seen,
through the wide vision of a pilot.

Through the eyes of a runner taking in everything,
and through the pen of a creator,
who has nothing pre determined.

Sun and Fun 2011

tonyphillipsrv9 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:21:07 +0000

I just got back from Sun and Fun. We had a great time, but to say the least, it was one I wish I could forget. View the gallery for all the photos I took. It tells the so

No Flying!

tonyphillipsrv9 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:56:19 +0000

I am still waiting for Craig Catto to repitch my prop. He is also installing the new nickel leading edges. It should be shipped back to me on Monday 2/7. It’s been a few weeks since I have flown and am getting very anxious. In the mean time the weather here in WI is pretty terrible. Hopefully things will start to improve.

Private Pilot Ground School

tonyphillipsrv9 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:16:23 +0000

Hey all,

I will be conducting a Private Pilot Ground School starting this Thursday. It will run from 7-9pm for the next 8-10 weeks. The class is free, except you will need about $75 worth of text books. The class is held at 540 Hartbrook Dr, E, Hartland, WI 53029

Flight to the U.P. Michigan

tonyphillipsrv9 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:12:59 +0000

Aaron and I flew up to Ironwood, MI on Monday for a couple of days of skiing. The day started out with low IFR for ceilings and wasn’t improving very quickly. After waiting a couple of hours for things to improve, I found a clear spot over Lake Michigan on a satellite image and decided to launch special VFR and make a short skud run to get to the hole. Turned out there were several holes near UES through the thin broken layer. Once on top it was a great flight with modest tail winds. Landing in Ironwood was a challenge with 19kt crosswinds, but a non-event. Fueling the plane was a different story. We pulled up to the pump and had to go inside the FBO to find a line man. When the fueler went out to fuel my plane, he came back in and told me that “your plane rolled away from the pump and into a pick up truck” #$%^%^, Are you serious! Sure enough, I went outside and found the plane nosed into a truck. It seems that the wind pushed it down a slight downhill spot and it rolled ever so gently into a truck. There was nothing but a scratch on the spinner and a scratch on the truck. However, the mark on my ego was significant. I made myself a mental note to not load your bags on top of the chocks so you can get to them without unloading.

Winter Flying, Wisconsin Style

tonyphillipsrv9 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:10:10 +0000

Our little band of EAA chapter 18 members went out on our regular Friday $100,000 hamburger (fish sandwhich) yesterday. We had a blast as always. We met up at East Troy 57C then headed over to KLNR (Lone Rock). Our 4 ship flight was in loose formation (to say the least) all the way there, then we all got turned around trying to find the runway. I was 1 mile from it before I could really see it. I had to wait till I was short final before I could see if the runway was in descent landing condition. It was. On the way back we did a little low level river flying. That was a blast. Only one power line that snuck up on us. No problems though. No photos of the river run. It was all I could do to watch out for eagles and power lines. Jeff and Glenn gave me a little formation flying training on the way back. That’s a new experience for me and I have to hand to guys who do this. It’s not easy and takes good flying skills.

Not much flying going on :(

tonyphillipsrv9 — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:48:43 +0000

Not much to speak about. Not a lot of flying going on. Last week I pulled my fiberglass parts off and started to work on filling pin holes. I made some progress, but realized it’s just too cold to work with epoxy right now. So, I am about 90% complete and I am going to put it back together and leave it till spring. I did get my SL30 Nav working. The balun on my coax was faulty and I removed it. The radio works very well now. I did a bit of simulated instrument work. Boy is that a chore in an RV with no autopilot. I definitely need to get the autopilot servos before flying IFR/IMC.

I will try to get some flying in this week. My daughter is doing a college visit in Northern Wisconsin on Friday. I hope to fly her up there.