RV7 Flying Adventures

a Altimeter b Barnstormer c Contrail d Ditching e Experimental f F.B.O. (Fixed Base Operation) g Ground Speed h Horizontal Stabilizer or Hangar~ haven’t decided i I.F.R. (Instrument Flight Rules) vs V.F.R. (Visual Flight Rules) j Jet Stream k Knots and nautical miles l Logbook m Mayday n Not the usual way of moving an airplane—Couldn’t find a letter for N, so did some fudging o Outside Air Temperature p P.I.C. (Pilot in Command) q Quick Fix r R.O.C. (Rate of Climb) s Squawk t Tail Dragger (vs) Tricycle Landing Gear u UltraLight (definition) v Victory Lap (couldn’t find something for “V”, so I fudged here too) w Wheel Pants x X on landing strip y Yoke (vs) Stick z ZULU and the aeronautical phonetic alphabet

The fun is soon to begin. This is Theme Reveal day and so without further adieu,  I'll be writing about Flight Terminology . I'll also be sharing pictures and tales of our flights when applicable.  This picture is of our KitFox 2, a home built, Experimental aircraft, which Farmer Flyer (hubby ) landed on some of our ground at the River Ranch, which overlooks the Palouse River in SE Washington State. Recently, Farmer Flyer's been taking GoPro videos of some of his flights and has begun to post them to YouTube. If interested, click links to view. You'll feel like you're flying along with him. KitFox2 Field Landings  (Here, he's landing at one of our ranches that is about five miles from home.) KitFox 2 Field Landings Bird's Eye View  (In this one, he's landing on the same hilltops, but without view of the KitFox2.) Just a Couple Landings before the Sun Goes Dow n (In this one, he's landing on our runway outside our back door.) So that's my theme. I

The temperature got up to a balmy 43 degrees yesterday. The sun came out and the winds were calm, so Mike and I took a late afternoon flight. It was the first time I'd been in the RV7 since our trip over Palouse Falls last December, when the temperature was only 7 degrees.  It was also the first time I'd been at the airport, where we keep the RV7. The ole' airport was, comparatively speaking for its size, a happening place. Must've counted close to a dozen people there!   You can always tell the first signs of spring ... the ag pilots start coming out in full force. The one below is on a mission to apply dry fertilizer to someone's field. We sneaked past him. Once we were in the air, we spotted another airplane, a RV6 and our friend Steve. He decided to tag along with us. I didn't get any pictures of him, as he decided to fly 1000 feet above us, for safety sake. It's pretty unnerving when two planes fly close together. Things happen really fast. So I was gla