I think this was the first time I have taken two passengers beside Jess and Nathan. Â And it’s certainly the first time I took two adults at once. Â I flew Dean and Kathy over to Rangely and picked up a new airport to boot. Â We had to stay a little lower than I wanted to to stay under the clouds, the mountains rose up and met them, so we had to re-route a little to get into Rangely. Â It was beautiful and everyone enjoyed the flight immensely.
Dean and Kathy
Well this has been a long time coming.  A new range.  We’ve been living with all the broken parts on the old one for far too long.  I had already replaced all the knobs once, but they didn’t want to stay on.  The piezo wasn’t working so for the last 2 years we’d been lighting the stove with a grill lighter.  So, we dropped big coin and got a nice range that I hope lasts 20 years.
Flame all over!
Adding to the passenger list. Â My older brother loves to fly and it took me over a year to get him a flight! Â We had a great flight and long one at that. Â We flew up over the country we grew up in and where he lives today.
Co-Pilot Steve
Another year at the Greenville Seaplane Fly-in. Â I once again wish I could say I flew up to this one, but it was a little too breezy for me. Â They’re is typically a lot of traffic up there so I decided once again to drive up and enjoy the show on foot.
Nathan rode up with me and we had a great time. Â Check out the photos in the gallery.
Seaplane on final
I always like to tinker with my hands, it’s good to have a project that you can build something and feel like you accomplished something. Â I was feeling up to putting together a roof bracket for a basketball hoop so Nathan and I tackled the project and Uncle Buddy helped a bit on the way.
Nathan running the angle grinder.
Something a little different. Â In April this year, the Brunswick Naval Airbase was open to the public for landing. Â They closed the base recently and now GA pilots and others are welcome to use the airport. Â New business has arrived there and I hope the airport sees plenty of use. Â It’s a great airport and the runways are huge. Â So I had some new “firsts” on this flight. Â I landed at Wiscassett which has a Right Trafic Pattern, and landed at Brunswick which has parallel runways 19L, 19R. Â Both were new airports to add to the list.
Hmm, which one do I want to land on?
I’ve been taking some more “artsy” photos lately and trying my hand at some HDR photography. Â High Dynamic Range. Â It’s a process where multiple exposures are layered to get the best of all the scene.. highlights and shadows. Â I really could use some better software to make them nicer, but for now, I’ll use the free app that I have.
Spiders web in the morning fog.
The weather has been great lately, so I’ve taken advantage of it. Â I logged another hour locally tonight. Â I took my father-in-law… the first time he’s gone this year.
Waiting at the pumps for fuel.