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• 31 May, 2020 What? I only dropped hot metal on the back of my glove a tiny bit. I think I’ll switch to my welding gloves.
• 30 May, 2020 Left the house to come to work on this before 6 this morning as usual. Really didn’t feel like it this time but it’s not gonna build itself. Like my patriotic colored air/brake lines? #myzenith750
• 28 May, 2020 Talking with the CEO of Masten Aerospace (and SFF Chairman) today in a couple hours on the podcast. Anyone have any questions for him?
• 25 May, 2020 Low tech noggin protection. #myzenith750
• 23 May, 2020 I spend too much of my week looking at screens. Very few things make me happier than making things with my hands. #myzenith750
• 21 May, 2020 Been podcasting with the same equipment since 2009. Today the upgrades arrived. I WILL RECORD ALL THE THINGS.
• 18 May, 2020 This airplane has no middle seats to keep open.
• 16 May, 2020 I’m a HUGE fan of these @isotunesaudio PRO Bluetooth headphones. Sweat and dust-proof with a 27db noise reduction rating. Hard to spend hours in the hangar airplane building without them. #myzenith750
• 16 May, 2020 This mornings project is adding access panels in places that should probably become standard locations for them on this airplane. I don’t like having areas that are inaccessible without having to drill out rivets. #myzenith750
• 11 May, 2020 A little light evening studying.
• 10 May, 2020 Looks like a mess but one foot in front of the other. #myzenith750
• 09 May, 2020 Finally. Civilization.
• 03 May, 2020 Every once in a while something takes way longer than planned. This seat pan took more than two hours to get situated in its final place. #planebuilderproblems #myzenith750
• 26 Apr, 2020 I left the pilot side top wing skin off to run electrical and pitot lines on this side. All done so it’s wing rivet day. #myzenith750
• 25 Apr, 2020 I’ve stuck to the plans for the most part. Every once in a while there’s a thing I want that’s not standard. Like a removable pitot tube. Super happy with the way this came out. #myzenith750
• 19 Apr, 2020 Needed some work done inside the rear fuselage and I don’t get close to fitting in the access panel. Caleb to the rescue. #myzenith750
• 18 Apr, 2020 Time to rivet the baggage area #myzenith750
• 11 Apr, 2020 I have seen a few flying models of this plane where they left the seats unpadded and uncovered. I don’t care how tough you think you are, nothing says uncomfortable like flying in a plane with lawn chair seating. Fancy memory foam and fine material covering for this guy. Soon. #myzenith750
• 11 Apr, 2020 I’ve been working on this plane too long to not yet have been able to sit in it and make airplane noises. Seems like a good time to make the seats. Now I just need to relearn how to use a sewing machine. #myzenith750
• 09 Apr, 2020 We moved to the North Carolina Mountains 8 years ago and it felt like quite a risky move at the time. I’ve never grown tired of my daily 3 mile walk loop even though I’ve seen some of these scenes a thousand times.
• 07 Apr, 2020 We had to take our Russian Blue cat Valentine to the vet today for a minor issue. This is more complicated than it seems these days. Instructions involved leaving her at the door after calling to announce we had arrived. She was not amused but is now back at home and just knocked my toothpaste tube off the counter while meowing at me for attention. Must be feeling better.
• 22 Mar, 2020 Time to take the tiger for its annual inspection. Will be down for about two weeks. I’ll have to get single engine current :)
• 22 Mar, 2020 Airport is a dead zone today.
• 19 Mar, 2020 My daily walk route could be worse.
• 16 Mar, 2020 Does this count as social distancing? I believe it does. #tigerbaron
• 13 Mar, 2020 My version of making lemonade. Electric and pitot lines being run. #myzenith750
• 10 Mar, 2020 Test fitting the seats and baggage floor. Daylight savings only got me so far. #myzenith750
• 10 Mar, 2020 Finally warm enough to get back to work on this thing. #myzenith750
• 11 Feb, 2020 Sporting clays in the snowstorm
• 04 Feb, 2020 Sunrise to sunset. Logged 9.7 hours Monday.
• 01 Feb, 2020 Time to apologize to my kindergarten teacher for that time I implied that popsicle stick skills would not be needed in my life. #myzenith750
• 27 Jan, 2020 Patreon backer reward time! You follow @superaeroflight right?
• 11 Jan, 2020 Time to start making a cockpit. #myzenith750
• 09 Jan, 2020 Slipping in some weekday morning work. Vertical stabilizer almost done. #myzenith750
• 06 Jan, 2020 Oh keto, how I love thee. Monday night homemade prime rib for what it costs to go to Chipotle. Yes please.
• 05 Jan, 2020 Flying airplanes again. #tigerbaron
• 03 Jan, 2020 I’ve made the mistake of falling in love with espresso which means my morning cup of coffee is now a multi step ordeal. Totally worth it.
• 28 Dec, 2019 Ran out of bottles when bottling this batch of mead. Then in remembered we are the south. One thing we definitely have here is mason jars!
• 28 Dec, 2019 You’d think after all these years of hanging around airports it would get old. Nope.
• 28 Dec, 2019 Morning tool warm up. #myzenith750
• 21 Dec, 2019 Been a pair of minutes since I’ve screwed something up on my airplane build. Making 8 of these. They should be cut like the one on the right. The one on the left is an epic fail on my part. #myzenith750
• 17 Dec, 2019 Fun evening at a Christmas party with some new friends and some old ones.
• 15 Dec, 2019 Working in the shop today and Apple is busy protecting my hearing.
• 14 Dec, 2019 It’s time to make the airplanes. #myzenith750
• 13 Dec, 2019 So I was elected President of an old school organization, the Western North Carolina Pilots Association. Old school to the point where the President gets a custom made gavel. I wonder if they’re gonna be ready for the kinds of changes I’m going to be making. Starting with the gavel...
• 12 Dec, 2019 Been fishing on Douglas Lake several times. #tigerbaron
• 08 Dec, 2019 I have a cat that is bigger than my co pilot today. #tigerbaron
• 07 Dec, 2019 Logging some Cirrus time today. #nottigerbaron
• 06 Dec, 2019 We lived just a few miles from here for a decade and I’ve never been to this airport before. #tigerbaron
• 24 Nov, 2019 Caleb left the airport and took a job making wine at Biltmore to put himself through school. He brings home wine almost every day. Can you tell this week was Merlot?
• 20 Nov, 2019 Apparently I have a roll of about 1000 of these left.
• 18 Nov, 2019 Second star to the right, straight on till morning #tigerbaron
• 15 Nov, 2019 Rain or shine #tigerbaron
• 10 Nov, 2019 Apparently Douglas Adams wrote fortune cookie fortunes.
• 02 Nov, 2019 44 degrees INSIDE the hangar but the plane isn’t going to build itself. Suck it up buttercup. #myzenith750
• 27 Oct, 2019 Took too long of a break from the airplane build. Back to work! #myzenith750
• 19 Oct, 2019 It certainly gets attention. #tigerbaron
• 15 Oct, 2019 My copilot is pretty.
• 15 Oct, 2019 Such and honor and privilege to have spent the last week with the men of the 100th bomb group and their families. Got a little flying in too :). Map credit to #foreflight
• 14 Oct, 2019 5 empty seats is weird.
• 13 Oct, 2019 Incredible weekend with these men. When the weekend started there were 10. Dewey Christopher passed away in his sleep here at the reunion. Blue skies Dewey.
• 11 Oct, 2019 War stories with B-17 pilots.
• 11 Oct, 2019 Oh nothing, just spending the day with WWII veterans at the National Museum of World War II.
• 10 Oct, 2019 Just an ordinary day. The guy in the red? He’s a WWII B-17 pilot and I just flew him to Colorado Springs for a reunion.
• 09 Oct, 2019 Headed to Colorado Springs tomorrow. Apparently they are in for a slight change of weather in the next 18 hours.
• 08 Oct, 2019 Blaze pizza keto crust. Michael’s score is about a 4.7 out of 5.
• 28 Sep, 2019 Take your wife to see Orson Scott Card and she sketches him instead of taking pictures. Welcome to my world.
• 21 Sep, 2019 Flew to Mexico MO and back for the Zenith Open House yesterday. Did I take a single picture at the event? Nope. #facepalm
• 16 Sep, 2019 Got my multi engine rating today. I didn’t even screw up.
• 14 Sep, 2019 Measuring distances on opposite sides of the wings to make sure they are lined up using a digital tape measure with a laser on it. Was hoping for them to be “pretty close”, but exactly the same will do too :)
• 07 Sep, 2019 Test fitting the tail. #myzenith750
• 03 Sep, 2019 Feels weird to land in Millington. I was stationed here in 1993.
• 01 Sep, 2019 Putting the wings on. Feels awesome. #myzenith750
• 30 Aug, 2019 Headroom is a problem in almost every light airplane I fly. And I’m not even super tall.
• 29 Aug, 2019 Where we’re going we don’t neeeed roads.
• 29 Aug, 2019 Well Lowe’s is doing a few things right
• 28 Aug, 2019 I have “hired” help this morning. #myzenith750
• 18 Aug, 2019 Quiet afternoon with the best beer in America, a book and a pretty artist. Not too shabby. #makecheatdaycount
• 18 Aug, 2019 Light morning. Only 420 holes before the sun came up. #myzenith750
• 16 Aug, 2019 Flying a lighter plane today. Although most small planes are lighter than a P Baron.
• 12 Aug, 2019 Cool airplane spotting for today: Piaggio 180
• 11 Aug, 2019 Starting on the dreaded wing root skins. Trying to make aluminum go into shapes it really doesn’t want to go... #myzenith750
• 06 Aug, 2019 It’s a hard-knock life...
• 03 Aug, 2019 It’s time to make the airplane. #myzenith750
• 03 Aug, 2019 In the early morning I put one of these in my coffee. I’m currently questioning why we have them next to each other in the pantry. For... reasons.
• 22 Jul, 2019 Made it to Airventure with my favorite person. Only had to warm water in a coffee pot to bathe one time to get here. #campscholler
• 17 Jul, 2019 I was never good at offices anyway.
• 16 Jul, 2019 One last engine out practice. Hope to never see this unexpectedly.
• 16 Jul, 2019 My view of Lake Lure is better than yours. #nobodyputsbaroninthecorner
• 11 Jul, 2019 Time to stretch the tiger’s legs. #tigerbaron
• 07 Jul, 2019 Doing something. Important?? #myzenith750
• 06 Jul, 2019 The same thing we do at 6am every day Pinky. #myzenith750
• 04 Jul, 2019 Flying planes. Again.
• 01 Jul, 2019 Today’s cool airplane spotting of the day: A Rutan Long EZ. This is an airplane I’ve wanted since I was a kid. Unfortunately my Dutch/Norwegian shoulders are too broad to fit comfortably. And no there is nothing wrong with it. The engine is in the tail so when you park it and get out you retract the nose gear and sit it on the nose so it doesn’t tip backwards.
• 30 Jun, 2019 I hear “I could never build an airplane” a lot. Yes you can. You just have to be willing to spend a couple thousand hours over a couple years paying very careful attention to endless details. This is the only place this jam nut on the linear actuator is mentioned. Check. #myzenith750
• 29 Jun, 2019 I couldn’t find this tiny part so I made it from the plans specs from scrap aluminum. As soon as I finished I found it. #myzenith750
• 22 Jun, 2019 Made 24 of these L angles this morning. I must be slacking, only 384 holes before 8am. And yes, I counted because... well reasons. #myzenith750
• 20 Jun, 2019 Today’s cool airplane spotting: a brand new Honda jet. Very nice.
• 20 Jun, 2019 Before the work day even started today I got the nose skin pulled over. Chipping away every day. #myzenith750
• 18 Jun, 2019 Asheville airport cool airplane sighting of the day: Zenith 601 being delivered to a new owner in Norfolk.
• 17 Jun, 2019 One of my all time favorite aircraft
• 16 Jun, 2019 We only eat bread once or twice a month so when we do we really try to make it special. Tonight it’s a mountain of dinner plate sized homemade garlic naan.
• 15 Jun, 2019 This morning’s progress beginning at 6am was 340 holes on the bottom skin and main spar each drilled twice to final size. I think I can skip my shoulder workout today. In case you were wondering, a @boschtoolsna drill can easily drill 680 holes on 1 and a half batteries. #myzenith750
• 08 Jun, 2019 A lot of people tell me they just don't have time for working out, or learning new things, or long term projects of passion etc. Well what were you doing at 5am this morning? Yeah... #myzenith750
• 04 Jun, 2019 The second wing is going 10 times faster now that I sort of know what I’m doing #myzenith750
• 01 Jun, 2019 Never seen a Zenith 801 before and now I’ve seen two in person in one week.
• 26 May, 2019 Busted.
• 21 May, 2019 I wonder if I can still score a free breakfast with this...
• 21 May, 2019 A rare Zenith 801 sighting at KAVL today. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one in person.
• 21 May, 2019 Yeah, we live here.
• 30 Apr, 2019 Hey that spinny thing... well it isn’t.... #tigerbaron
• 20 Apr, 2019 At the end of the training just for fun I took off from runway 4 at JFK and experienced a double bird strike climbing out. I made it back to runway 13 in a Baron. Take that Sully! #sullyisarealhero
• 20 Apr, 2019 Ran out yesterday to check the tie-downs on the Skyhawk we took down here. No hangars available so I had to watch it try to fly a little while tied down.
• 20 Apr, 2019 Back in the Baron simulator again. If classes were like this in grade school, maybe kids would pay attention.
• 16 Apr, 2019 The seminar I’m at has my friend Deb in a little bit of a Wile E Coyote predicament
• 16 Apr, 2019 Learning to fly a twin engine airplane on one engine makes for some strange flight paths on FlightAware #tigerbaron
• 28 Mar, 2019 Birthday present from my wife. Awesomesauce. #myzenith750
• 24 Mar, 2019 This is odd. In the same hangar as the Baron is a Pilatus painted like a Zebra. Welcome to the zoo hangar. #tigerbaron
• 23 Mar, 2019 Finally got it home #tigerbaron
• 23 Mar, 2019 Welcome to my office #tigerbaron
• 23 Mar, 2019 So long Arizona #tigerbaron
• 22 Mar, 2019 This is not the best movie choice for a pilot lounge
• 04 Mar, 2019 Yeah, today I piloted a Baron on an epic route. #tigerbaron
• 03 Mar, 2019 Can actually see the golden gate this time across.
• 03 Mar, 2019 Clouds or snow covered tundra?
• 02 Mar, 2019 When your friend calls and asks if you want to come check out a brand new Baron...you say yes.
• 01 Mar, 2019 If we can get over the drama with the seller my trip across the country in the Baron next week will look something like this. #tigerbaron
• 24 Feb, 2019 Yeah these three fluted L angles took an hour. Funny how some parts fly by and others seem to take an afternoon. #myzenith750
• 17 Feb, 2019 It’s top wing skin day. #myzenith750
• 15 Feb, 2019 Full motion simulator training at Executive Flight Training today. Awesome
• 14 Feb, 2019 Didn’t take enough pictures but I put my first couple hours in a multi engine airplane in my logbook today. That body of water would be the Atlantic Ocean.
• 06 Feb, 2019 Been a strange couple months
• 04 Feb, 2019 This says I’m ready for the actual Instrument written. But I don’t feel ready.
• 01 Feb, 2019 He’s a pretty calm pilot
• 26 Jan, 2019 Traffic
• 26 Jan, 2019 GMUs Runway Cafe is where pilots go to tell lies.
• 23 Jan, 2019 Yes!!!!
• 17 Jan, 2019 Controller: “03G can you give me a condition report at your current location and altitude?” Me: “Approach, I can almost see half of a wing”
• 12 Jan, 2019 Shop heater isn’t even close to keeping up with the cold temperatures but the work goes on. #myzenith750
• 11 Jan, 2019 Took out CEO flying for the first time today. Yeah we live here...
• 07 Jan, 2019 How to tell from your track log which of your flights today was instrument training. I don’t remember doing any loops... #foreflight
• 03 Jan, 2019 Lazy time is over. #myzenith750
• 27 Dec, 2018 Yeah, the airplane we are buying is painted like a Tiger
• 19 Dec, 2018 My office today
• 18 Dec, 2018 Got some news to be revealed next week. This is your clue. Special prize for anyone who guesses correctly. My parents and JMo clan are not eligible for guessing :)
• 15 Dec, 2018 Found this in a used bookstore. Copyright 1979.
• 14 Dec, 2018 Today was a new day and a new adventure with my favorite person
• 14 Dec, 2018 She thought a mason jar salad meant regular people sized mason jar...
• 04 Dec, 2018 Just had dinner with SR 71 pilot Col Richard Graham. Now on to him telling us stories of the worlds fastest aircraft.
• 23 Nov, 2018 Hey, if you guys could just hold this parade until we get a pic, that’d be grrreeeaattt.
• 22 Nov, 2018 Traffic jam on Splash Mountain.
• 21 Nov, 2018 Disney is way easier when your kids are adults.
• 08 Nov, 2018 Another evening, another couple hundred holes. #myzenith750
• 05 Nov, 2018 Our mail carrier’s latest trick is to leave our stuff on a garbage can.
• 31 Oct, 2018 Doesn’t seem like proper Halloween weather here.
• 22 Oct, 2018 One of the million things to do before the plane flies sometime next year is to come up with a flight test plan. It’s fairly daunting but turns out that EAA just released a guide book and flight test card set. Still seems super daunting but at least now I have an example framework to use. #myzenith750
• 17 Oct, 2018 What? Like your plane doesn’t need a night light. Don’t judge. #myzenith750
• 14 Oct, 2018 The most commonly asked question from experienced builders is how well the “match drilled holes” work out. The answer is “pretty good” with the exception of the skins. I had to deal with this on the fuselage in many areas and now the wing skins. #myzenith750
• 13 Oct, 2018 I’m like a commercial for the ball jar company. This is not an unusual number of homemade things in the works at any given time for me. Any guesses?
• 12 Oct, 2018 It’s a rough life.
• 12 Oct, 2018 Business meeting in Gatlinburg today. Always fun to be able to fly myself for work
• 08 Oct, 2018 Passenger side bottom wing skin day. #myzenith750
• 02 Oct, 2018 Found out it’s extremely difficult to photograph a heads up display but I took a shot. Kinda see though. One of my side projects :)
• 01 Oct, 2018 Started using Strides (app) to encourage new habits. My Sept report for 30 mins of moderate to vigorous exercise isn’t too shabby. There are 12 other habits I’m working on with similar success. Sept was a good month.
• 28 Sep, 2018 Been probably 20 years since I burned myself with a soldering iron so I made sure this was a good one.
• 28 Sep, 2018 Rear spar complete. That was more rivets than I thought. But the night is cool, the tunes are awesome. Next up is skinning the wing! #myzenith750
• 27 Sep, 2018 I’m ready to put the skin on this wing. I guess this means I have to stop using the space between the ribs as an excuse for not putting all of these parts and tools away. #myzenith750
• 24 Sep, 2018 Been chasing an electrical problem in my fuel system on my old Jeep for couple days. Found you you little bastard. Broken green wire no fuel.
• 22 Sep, 2018 Lunch?
• 21 Sep, 2018 Good eatin size
• 18 Sep, 2018 Graduated Navy boot camp 25 years ago today.
• 11 Sep, 2018 Airplanes and lies
• 07 Sep, 2018 Caleb took Ellie swimming at Hooker Falls. Kind of hard to tell who was having more fun.
• 02 Sep, 2018 Julie and I are going to have to alter our workout route. We’ve seen a bear in this location every day we been gone this way for about a week. He just ran from right to left 150 meters ahead. Going to start going the other way instead. #mountianlivingproblems
• 01 Sep, 2018 Come visit Lisa and Randy at Tin Cat downtown Asheville today and tomorrow. Awesome art.
• 31 Aug, 2018 Even after hiking Julie has amazing hair. Great time with family we rarely get to see today.
• 28 Aug, 2018 Inside from the shop for 20 minutes before I noticed I’ve got a rivet stuck to my magnetic Fitbit band. #myzenith750
• 26 Aug, 2018 Random scene from my workout “loop”.
• 25 Aug, 2018 At GMU there’s a fantastic restaurant and playground right on the airfield. Anthony always pulls his Grumman Cheetah right up to the playground so kids can get a first hand experience.
• 25 Aug, 2018 Hazy as I turned over Greenville SC
• 25 Aug, 2018 Kinda wondering if they are doing sailing lessons at Lake Julian as I flew over.
• 24 Aug, 2018 I’ve gotten in the habit of working with sheet-metal with gloves on. Because when I don’t…
• 23 Aug, 2018 Today in adventures in (late) keto lunches: keto pizza. Came out great.
• 23 Aug, 2018 Seems silly to work inside on a day like today. Covered porch for the win. Elli thinks computers are boring though.
• 19 Aug, 2018 Was only two weeks ago but seems like longer #myzenith750
• 18 Aug, 2018 There’s actually more room in the garage with the Jeep (which needs some TLC) and lawn mower (and wing) than there was when the fuselage was in there.
• 16 Aug, 2018 With the fuselage at the hangar it’s now weeknight wings work at home. #myzenith750
• 14 Aug, 2018 6 planes came over and 30 or more people including several new/curious at our EAA cookout.
• 14 Aug, 2018 Nosewheel. Almost. Sigh. #myzenith750
• 12 Aug, 2018 Nosewheel and strut are done. Painted the strut a metallic black for now. It’ll go on the plane Tuesday when I swing by the hangar. #myzenith750
• 12 Aug, 2018 Today in adventures in keto lunches… Strawberry post workout shake
• 11 Aug, 2018 On my bucket list is to fly an airplane I built myself to AirVenture in Oshkosh. If 2019 is the year for this, the clock is ticking. #myzenith750 #eaa #osh19
• 11 Aug, 2018 Didn’t even over engineer the hole template for this. I have a CMC and could have made a jig but this was faster #myzenith750
• 10 Aug, 2018 I died by Zombie. #betrayal
• 10 Aug, 2018 Today in adventures in keto lunches... everything “bagels”
• 09 Aug, 2018 Much more room in the hangar than my garage :) #myzenith750
• 06 Aug, 2018 Today in experiments in new Keto lunches we have Egg Loaf with Caramel flavored oil
• 05 Aug, 2018 Keto blueberry mug cake turned out really well.
• 01 Aug, 2018 Firewall is almost done. Mr Metal man on the angle drill. #myzenith750
• 29 Jul, 2018 Need to put the nose gear on it to move to the hangar so firewall is next. #myzenith750
• 27 Jul, 2018 If you’ve been here you know.
• 26 Jul, 2018 Current state of affairs: Sitting behind a DC-3 with Julie, the moon is trying to peek through the clouds and a Sonex Microjet is doing aerobatics.
• 26 Jul, 2018 That’s a lotta LEDs
• 26 Jul, 2018 Attempt at the night airshow round two.
• 25 Jul, 2018 Aaannnddd night airshow cancelled
• 25 Jul, 2018 Night air show time.
• 25 Jul, 2018 Zenith Aircraft is now apparently doing a camper kit. I looked for wings. Nadda. Maybe it’s supposed to be a lifting body. Hoist it to 35k feet on the belly of a B-52 with the family on board and the let the screamcation begin.
• 25 Jul, 2018 Good morning Airventure
• 24 Jul, 2018 Fitbit says this is not my all time high step day.
• 24 Jul, 2018 Boop-Oop-a-Doop #airventure2018
• 23 Jul, 2018 Uhhh
• 23 Jul, 2018 Anyone need a bike?
• 23 Jul, 2018 Gary Sinise Foundation
• 23 Jul, 2018 Super excited Ford is bringing the Ranger back.
• 22 Jul, 2018 You can’t question my coffee commitment. The entire purpose of this setup is camping coffee.
• 21 Jul, 2018 It’s time. #airventure2018
• 21 Jul, 2018 Raining.
• 21 Jul, 2018 We set up base camp in record time. Even beat the rain. #airventure2018
• 20 Jul, 2018 Current state of my life.
• 19 Jul, 2018 Planning lunch with Caleb to go over his new business ideas. Pho and sailboat restoration much?
• 14 Jul, 2018 I’m good at getting the interns when donating blood.
• 13 Jul, 2018 Exactly 25 years ago I embarked on what seemed like a crazy adventure to a suburban kid from Chicago. I had absolutely no idea how it would build on the foundation my parents instilled in me and became core to who I am as an adult.
• 13 Jul, 2018 On a new training program. Julie is strength training, Caleb is just starting Budo Taijutsu. I don’t want to be left behind in our family fitness quest.
• 11 Jul, 2018 I pick three to five new Japanese words to learn every day at random (yes I wrote an app for it). Sometimes it makes for strange combinations...
• 11 Jul, 2018 Gary gives a play by play as Mike G washes his plane. Mike G is the guy who says with pride “I’ve not washed this plane in 10 years”. We think he may have been switched with a clone by Aliens.
• 11 Jul, 2018 Hendersonville airport grass runway last night.
• 08 Jul, 2018 Hard to tell until we move the table under it but it’s on it’s own landing gear for the first time. #myzenith750
• 08 Jul, 2018 He looks good working hard. Just happened to pass by him on the way to my hangar.
• 08 Jul, 2018 Got to fly a terrific new airplane and made a new friend. Over the Mount Mitchell visitors center, around Mountain Air Airport and back in about 1/2 the time it usually takes. RV-10s are fast :)
• 08 Jul, 2018 New RV-10 in Asheville is my chariot today. It’s a rough life.
• 06 Jul, 2018 Managed to snag a way too short lunch with family visiting from Norway.
• 05 Jul, 2018 Making scale paper models to see if we can get a Zenith 750 and an RV-6A in a 48 foot T hanger together. #myzenith750
• 04 Jul, 2018 Channeling my inner JJ Abrams. #lensflare
• 04 Jul, 2018 I found a pretty lady.
• 04 Jul, 2018 Adventure happens to adventurers.
• 04 Jul, 2018 Last task before weight on wheels. Trying to hurry now because a hangar opened at AVL at the end of the month and we want to roll it onto the trailer rather than carry it. #myzenith750
• 03 Jul, 2018 New glasses from Zeni are 35 bucks. Sheesh that’s a good deal.
• 02 Jul, 2018 My planner has themes for the week. Some are better than others. Some are worth sharing.
• 02 Jul, 2018 Will they be friends? Maybe. Will they mildly tolerate each other? More likely.
• 30 Jun, 2018 It’s very difficult to be unhappy if you’re grateful. This is one of the LESS scenic parts of my workout loop.
• 30 Jun, 2018 Wheels! #myzenith750
• 30 Jun, 2018 Wheel hubs. Check. Brake calipers. Check. Rotors. Check. Tools. Check. Baby powder... sigh. Check. Imma have fresh smelling wheels. #myzenith750
• 29 Jun, 2018 One of my favorite things about small town living is the little things. A real barber shop with men talking about manly things on a Friday morning is one of them.
• 27 Jun, 2018 In 1986 or so I asked for a Dremel for Christmas. This old thing helped me build model railroads, model planes and any number of projects over the years as an adult. I was a free range kid before there was a name for it. It shaped who I am. My parents bought power tools for their 10 year old and I still have all of my original fingers. Anyway it finally died. I feel kinda sad about it. So I bought another one. Here’s to another 32 years of making crap with Dremel tools.
• 23 Jun, 2018 A VERY gusty crosswind landing to a completely empty airport. #notmyprettiestlanding
• 20 Jun, 2018 Through Aviation I’ve become friends with so many people of all ages and backgrounds. Dave smiles like this every second he’s flying.
• 20 Jun, 2018 Landing gear minus the wheels. I’ll tighten the bolts down when I am done measuring to make sure it’s aligned correctly #myzenith750
• 20 Jun, 2018 Couple of my favorite people are helping Grandpa build garden steps today.
• 11 Jun, 2018 Now THIS is an office.
• 10 Jun, 2018 My chariot for the afternoon. Not too shabby.
• 09 Jun, 2018 Was really on a roll on the landing gear until I overheated my compressor motor. Apparently I have a better duty cycle than an 8 gallon compressor. #myzenith750
• 09 Jun, 2018 I’m always surprised by how nice but underutilized the Rutherfordton airport is. I’m thinking that my Zenith flight testing will be here if they have an available hangar.
• 08 Jun, 2018 Had to divert on my flight home. Someone blew a tire and “exited” the end of the runway. Landing at another airport sounded cheaper than holding in the air for a hour.
• 08 Jun, 2018 Been thinking about my NEXT plane build. This is high on the list. Maybe in a different color though.
• 08 Jun, 2018 The flying club airplanes and civil air patrol are lined up like little soldiers this morning
• 06 Jun, 2018 Flipped a coin on which wing to start first. Heads was the call so the right wing it is. #myzenith750
• 02 Jun, 2018 Did some repairs on Marc’s GPS unit. The backup battery was buried and soldered to the board. Sheesh.
• 30 May, 2018 Building airplanes is hard on my hands. My knuckles are finally healed from the last thing and now I skip a cutoff wheel across a longeron and nick it again. #itsjustafleshwound #myzenith750
• 18 May, 2018 My Rosie the riveter pose. She did it better but I’m having fun anyway. #myzenith750
• 18 May, 2018 NOW it’s really looking like an airplane. #myzenith750
• 15 May, 2018 Tonight I arranged for three men who were T-38 Instructors to give a talk about some of their experiences. It was much much funnier than I expected. What a great privilege it is to not only know these guys but to get to call them my friends.
• 12 May, 2018 My co pilot is hotter than yours.
• 12 May, 2018 Hmm, that looks like a runway...
• 01 May, 2018 Spent the afternoon watching my friend Simon do his Private Pilot Exam at Rutherford airport. The newest pilot in the US at this very moment is a Brit! Congratulations buddy!
• 30 Apr, 2018 When you have a CNC in your shop making things like stands for your sprout jars takes 5 minutes.
• 28 Apr, 2018 When we moved to the mountains 6 years ago we dreamed of no commute, quiet evenings with a book on the covered porch together, tea or bourbon and a view of nature. Do yourself a favor and jump off a cliff. It’s worth it.
• 28 Apr, 2018 Pretty girl in an airplane. Life is good.
• 21 Apr, 2018 Hopped over to Greenville for lunch in the Skylane.
• 21 Apr, 2018 Flying Young eagles again today. Jeff has a plane full of female Civil Air Patrol cadets.
• 19 Apr, 2018 These guys have a new definition of “some assembly required”. This is like step 420... and that’s coming from someone building an airplane. #inventables
• 17 Apr, 2018 Tonight I'm giving a seminar called "So, you want to build an airplane?". 7pm at 21 Aviation Way at the Asheville Airport. All of the cool kids are coming.
• 14 Apr, 2018 I’ve always considered myself a dog person. I like cats, but somewhat indifferent. Valentine has decided that I’m her person. She follows me around and is almost frantic to get into my lap sometimes. It’s easier on my ego if I think of her as a stealthy murder machine rather than a fluffy lap cat.
• 11 Apr, 2018 Fort Sumter boat and tour. No too shabby.
• 10 Apr, 2018 Caleb can no longer say “I’ve never been on a submarine before”. Museum ships totally count.
• 10 Apr, 2018 One of the things I find most odd about the 1950s refit of the Yorktown was the addition of a Westinghouse escalator. It seems really out of place.
• 10 Apr, 2018 Caleb on his sit in all of the Captain chairs quest. This one is the USS Laffey
• 10 Apr, 2018 Caleb in the Captain’s chair of the USS Yorktown
• 07 Apr, 2018 From fuselage/cockpit base is done and getting riveted. #myzenith750
• 31 Mar, 2018 Today was the first time I’ve flown without any passengers in more than two years. Here are some random picture since I couldn’t look at what I was taking pictures of.
• 31 Mar, 2018 Flying 25 kids today. It’s a rough life.
• 28 Mar, 2018 Setting up my instrument unpanel back in the CNC. #myzenith750
• 24 Mar, 2018 Grandpa’s concrete drilling crew.
• 23 Mar, 2018 Instrument approaches in Wes’s Lancair. Yes please.
• 20 Mar, 2018 Challenge accepted
• 17 Mar, 2018 My grandfather served in the 38 Bomber Group in the Pacific in WWII. Turns out someone is still making replica patches and I picked one up for my flight jacket.
• 17 Mar, 2018 Rudder pedal install time. Loving this nicer weather. #myzenith750
• 14 Mar, 2018 A light dusting they said
• 13 Mar, 2018 I love seeing people do things that scare them.
• 10 Mar, 2018 I asked Miss Shaina (@glitter_supergirl96) if she had any dinner ideas. “Captn Crunch breaded chicken” she said. Ask and you shall receive. It’s wrong how awesome it turned out.
• 10 Mar, 2018 The dog helped with the chicken breading. Can you tell?
• 08 Mar, 2018 Just when you thought it was feeling like spring. #mountainlife
• 07 Mar, 2018 Lake Jocassee
• 04 Mar, 2018 Well that’s an interesting camping location. By looking at our flyover altitude I’d say that tent is at 6000 feet.
• 04 Mar, 2018 I’ll take bumps climbing over the mountains to keeping my feet on the ground any day. #pilotproblems
• 03 Mar, 2018 Freezing garage/shop doesn’t stop me from drilling cockpit floor holes. #myzenith750
• 25 Feb, 2018 Been on a spy novel kick lately. Rainy day kitchen shenanigans.
• 24 Feb, 2018 She has wings! Makes me really look forward to getting to this point with my Zenith. Only took 5 people to get them on.
• 24 Feb, 2018 Putting wings on an RV-8. What else would we be doing? #pilotthuglife
• 17 Feb, 2018 Someone was giving away an older PFD by Grand Rapids. It powers on (after I found a pinout diagram) and seems to be working. Will make a good test platform or secondary instrument system.
• 17 Feb, 2018 Back to plane building #myzenith750
• 16 Feb, 2018 How’s this for an eBay find? My 209 patch is on my very very old flight jacket and I was hoping to find one. Boom.
• 14 Feb, 2018 Taking a look at a 1954 Piper Tri Pacer that’s for sale. Fabric covered magic carpet.
• 11 Feb, 2018 I don’t know exactly what this is but it seems like something I probably need
• 11 Feb, 2018 Actually the first time I’ve seen Pocari in the US
• 09 Feb, 2018 Doing that one was actually sort of a relief.
• 06 Feb, 2018 SpaceX. Is. Awesome.
• 29 Jan, 2018 We all need many quvality in our lives
• 26 Jan, 2018 Pretty sure I have the very first customer delivery of the @zenithaircraft Unpanel mount. It’s a little heavier than I expected. #myzenith750
• 25 Jan, 2018 I have always loved the airport and much prefer boarding this way. #lovethesmellofjetfuel
• 24 Jan, 2018 They started making snow and it’s blowing up onto my balcony.
• 23 Jan, 2018 I wonder if this fireplace will fit in my suitcase...
• 06 Jan, 2018 Space heater on an arrow target on a ladder to thaw an exterior bathroom sink pipe. So thankful to whatever engineer invented PEX piping and it’s anti burst properties.
• 31 Dec, 2017 #2017bestnine
• 29 Dec, 2017 OMG so much this
• 25 Dec, 2017 My Fing network security system detected an intruder last night.
• 22 Dec, 2017 Getting in the Holiday Spirit with Mike from Able Septic.
• 21 Dec, 2017 It took 5 people 6 hours to find the septic tank on our property today. #goodtimes
• 19 Dec, 2017 Family selfie while Pnut is home. My wife is a very stoic person.
• 16 Dec, 2017 Seems like I was having Bitcoin 10k discussions two weeks ago. Oh wait, that’s exactly when. #woot
• 09 Dec, 2017 Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I’m sitting on my front porch that we actually live here.
• 08 Dec, 2017 If you were a student at Highland Elementary between 1983 and 1986 you would not have been able to check this book out. The checkout card had my name on every line for three years.
• 29 Nov, 2017 Ahh the good ol days when engine instruments and fuel gauges were outside the aircraft.
• 29 Nov, 2017 I moved away from DC and took a huge cut in pay to get away from exactly this.
• 28 Nov, 2017 Feels like when you catch your odometer a mile before the 100k mark
• 15 Nov, 2017 Oh it’s gonna be a good day...
• 14 Nov, 2017 I am both fascinated and intimidated by this book
• 07 Nov, 2017 That’s a lot of love right there. It goes on for a while.
• 07 Nov, 2017 We’ve had two solos in our EAA Chapter this month. So awesome.
• 06 Nov, 2017 Deliveries from @zenithaircraft are my favorite #myzenith750
• 27 Oct, 2017 For a flight in a plane with no auto pilot my track was pretty straight. Could have done without the 25 knot headwind, but the freedom beats flying commercial any day.
• 27 Oct, 2017 My co pilot is creepier than yours. #pilotthuglife
• 25 Oct, 2017 Headed to DC for a @simply_home meeting with the VA. I brought my own autopilot who flew probably 80% of the trip
• 21 Oct, 2017 Julie and I are at the Asheville symphony dragging down the age curve.
• 21 Oct, 2017 First time flying a Just Aircraft Highlander. Pretty sure the airplane is even still usable after my landing. #pilotthuglife
• 21 Oct, 2017 Flying 37 young eagles this morning. @eaachapter1016 @eaa
• 15 Oct, 2017 Forward fuselage work this morning now on hold until I find a bandsaw to trim the longerons #myzenith750
• 13 Oct, 2017 This word must be clearly displayed to passengers in my airplane. Very few airplane words make me more excited even if it freaks a lot of people out #myzenith750
• 08 Oct, 2017 Windy and rainy today so I’m working on the @zenithaircraft model wireframes for @xplaneofficial #myzenith750
• 06 Oct, 2017 Pretty sure when this airplane was built there was absolutely nothing right here.
• 06 Oct, 2017 Late afternoon flight to practice Instrument approaches with a great friend #pilotthuglife
• 06 Oct, 2017 No shenanigans going on over here. All serious all the time
• 06 Oct, 2017 1920s Ford Tri Motor is here. Come take a ride with us.
• 05 Oct, 2017 Betrayal expansion pack time.
• 02 Oct, 2017 I’ve been doing keto for a while now. My resting heart rate is down to 54, I’ve lost 27 pounds and this is the highest my blood sugar has been about a week. #eatalltheavocados
• 01 Oct, 2017 Join us at the Asheville airport to take a ride in the Ford Tri Motor Fri, Sat and Sun. Only 199 were ever produced.
• 30 Sep, 2017 Found a cool frame for my B-29 by @philschmidtco
• 29 Sep, 2017 Dennis asked me to help with some soldering and avionics work on his RV-8. We even managed to get successfully call the tower. #eaa #eaa1016 #pilotthuglife
• 23 Sep, 2017 While I am in Missouri at Zenith, my good friends Jerry and Nancy went to a Quickie fly in in Iowa. That’s a lot of Q’s
• 23 Sep, 2017 I don’t have the patience to do a polish finish on my airplane. But it’s pretty gorgeous.
• 23 Sep, 2017 Roger’s 701. Sweet.
• 23 Sep, 2017 More airplanes today. It’s a tough life
• 22 Sep, 2017 This is the second time I’ve met Jack Pelton and heard him speak in two months. @eaa @eaachapter1016
• 22 Sep, 2017 Ever been in an Elk lodge? Yeah me either.
• 22 Sep, 2017 I’m at Zenith Aircraft for the next two days to network, be inspired, and make airplane noises. #manitshothere
• 15 Sep, 2017 We are hosting one of the first real commercial airliners in Asheville in a few weeks. Come on down to see it and take a ride.
• 13 Sep, 2017 Sigh
• 10 Sep, 2017 My head is always in the clouds these days.
• 08 Sep, 2017 This book took the slow boat from Japan. I ordered it in May and it came today.
• 02 Sep, 2017 Thinking about flying to Hangar Days in Mexico MO if the weather cooperates. #pilotthuglife
• 02 Sep, 2017 I randomly stumbled on this podcast. I worked for Dr Achacoso for several years at a startup. He's as interesting in real life as he sounds on this podcast and is a dear friend. Funny how small the world is sometimes.
• 01 Sep, 2017 I now have a business reason to work on this rating. I've heard the written part of the exam is a doosey
• 23 Aug, 2017 I need this sticker. Also one that says "There's no crying in my airplane"
• 21 Aug, 2017 In the path of totality and the clouds rolled in 6 minutes ago. Oh well.
• 20 Aug, 2017 Building myself a standing desk today. Julie had some leftover black stain from a previous project that worked out pretty well for this.
• 15 Aug, 2017 Looks like my ride is here.
• 08 Aug, 2017 A friend of mine just got to log some time in a Honda Jet. #pilotthuglife #girlsflythehondatoday
• 07 Aug, 2017 My ledger came a month early
• 05 Aug, 2017 My breakfast company this morning is amazing
• 02 Aug, 2017 When you drive an old truck sometimes you got to spend Wednesday night giving it a little love
• 28 Jul, 2017 It cracks me up that Jim Lovell is wearing the same weekly Airventure admission bracelet as Julie and me. Like someone is going to stop him at the gate for not paying or something.
• 28 Jul, 2017 Theater in the woods tonight: Walt Cunningham, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, Dick Gordon, Fred Haise, Al Worden, Jack Schmitt, Joe Engle and flight director Gene Kranz. BOOM
• 28 Jul, 2017 Waiting on the Apollo Astronauts, listening to a Q&A with the Blue Angels pilots. Good thing they put up a jumbo tron because this place is packed.
• 28 Jul, 2017 Breakfast outside is my favorite. Even if it's 54 degrees
• 27 Jul, 2017 The great nose art hunt of 2017 continues
• 27 Jul, 2017 More nose art for @julie_thorn
• 27 Jul, 2017 A beaver? I'll take two.
• 26 Jul, 2017 Julie and I are collecting all kinds of nose art to get ideas for what we want to do on our plane. Just stumbled on these.
• 26 Jul, 2017 I'm building this. Only in red. Or yellow. Can't decide. #pilotthuglife #myzenith750
• 26 Jul, 2017 I'm building an airplane that I've never seen or been in. In person at least. Achievement unlocked. #myzenith750
• 26 Jul, 2017 We fit! #myzenith750
• 26 Jul, 2017 Oh look, a pretty
• 26 Jul, 2017 Look what I found #pilotthuglife #airventure2017
• 25 Jul, 2017 Hey look, Jack Pelton at the Chapter Presidents event
• 25 Jul, 2017 Base camp for the week. I've never seen so many people camping in one place in my life.
• 24 Jul, 2017 Looks weird. Tastes amazing.
• 24 Jul, 2017 It's Portillo's time
• 22 Jul, 2017 Mike and Simon are setting up at our chapter campsite. Getting excited. #airventure2017 #pilotthuglife
• 19 Jul, 2017 Outbound to Martinsville VA was clear and calm. On the way back we dodged thunderstorms for more than an hour #pilotthuglife
• 19 Jul, 2017 Preflighting to Martinsville on the ramp with a 53. #pilotthuglife
• 18 Jul, 2017 The sous vide makes it almost too easy
• 18 Jul, 2017 There's a good chance my steak is bigger than your steak tonight. #ahhthesousvidetogrillmethod
• 17 Jul, 2017 Caleb and Shaina are off on the first long road trip for both of them. #michiganorbust
• 16 Jul, 2017 My parents brought peaches back from South Carolina so I turned it into health food
• 13 Jul, 2017 I promise I did not run into any docks right after this. #toosmoothforthat
• 11 Jul, 2017 EAA meeting always includes airplanes
• 09 Jul, 2017 That 2x4 isn't just blocking my view. It's a project I forgot to finish and now it's mocking me. But there's beer so...
• 06 Jul, 2017 Realized this afternoon that I've never made Coquilles St-Jacques. Since it's a special occasion (Thursday) I took a crack at it.
• 05 Jul, 2017 Finally found a solution to have both English and Japanese keyboard layouts on my laptop.
• 04 Jul, 2017 It's not even pouring rain up here. Yet.
• 04 Jul, 2017 Our annual July 4th hike doesn't include fireworks or... horses. But thunderstorms when the car is a couple miles down a trail...
• 30 Jun, 2017 My Grandmother collected elephants. Every time we're in a shop Julie has to go look at them
• 30 Jun, 2017 An epic battle begins
• 28 Jun, 2017 Amazon echo show came today.
• 26 Jun, 2017 I'm doing a mostly self designed custom instrument panel in my plane. The very first component arrived today. AHRS number 1 #myzenith750
• 22 Jun, 2017 Ahhh, the warm glow of row after row of passive income
• 20 Jun, 2017 Spent a few minutes during our lunch scoping out a possible place to build a hangar
• 18 Jun, 2017 Ahh the soothing C64 blue on blue. On my PocketChip. Awesome.
• 17 Jun, 2017 Cancelled a lunch flight to Columbia SC at a famous BBQ place. Pfft, I don't even see any red storms. Whatever weather dude.
• 16 Jun, 2017 This just throw it in the basement and we will sort it out later policy might have gotten a little out of hand #atleastitscooldownhere
• 06 Jun, 2017 Pretty good for a Tuesday considering I worked all day
• 06 Jun, 2017 Build a new garden bed after dinner... sure I can do that
• 03 Jun, 2017 Caleb rejects the libation menu at Grove Park
• 03 Jun, 2017 Leo's Corby Starlet
• 03 Jun, 2017 One of my favorite airplanes
• 01 Jun, 2017 Five years ago today some space nerds ran through the D.C. rain to get burgers. #glxp #goodoldaysofglxp
• 26 May, 2017 My first ever windows 10 blue screen. Oh blue screen of death how I've missed thee
• 23 May, 2017 Back to working hard on Evadot again (finally). That's an encouraging graph. #thesamethingwedoeverynightpinky
• 21 May, 2017 There are a lot of rivets on this thing.
• 20 May, 2017 My breakfast always looks more appealing before I turn this thing on....
• 16 May, 2017 Flight review is done. No photos for obvious reasons but it's good to know another qualified person still thinks I can fly.
• 15 May, 2017 Two years ago today Mr Jones grilled me for hours both on the ground and in the air. At the end he gave me a pilots license. Don't wait to chase your dreams. #pilotthuglife
• 14 May, 2017 Shaky camera because of mountain turbulence today. Was bad enough that Julie skipped lunch. #pilotthuglife
• 11 May, 2017 Turns out sprouts are really easy to grow in your kitchen for pennies.
• 11 May, 2017 I learned to solder as a kid but got really good in the Navy Avionics school. But for some reason I started whistling when I solder and I still do that. Hmmm. Anyway, my EAA Innovation Prize hardware is coming along nicely.
• 10 May, 2017 As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. -Thoreau
• 10 May, 2017 It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. -Henry David Thoreau
• 09 May, 2017 Formula SAE presentation? Yes please.
• 08 May, 2017 My buddy bought an LS4
• 07 May, 2017 Compact low power LIDAR just arrived. Woot!
• 04 May, 2017 Parts from Adafruit arrived. Can you guess what I'm making? #thesamethingwedoeverynightpinky
• 03 May, 2017 Using sketchup to play around with some instrument panel designs #myzenith750
• 30 Apr, 2017 Pilot thug life.
• 30 Apr, 2017 I really wish Grumman still made these. I love flying them.
• 30 Apr, 2017 Ahh, the 70s. When they thought ash trays in small planes was a good idea.
• 30 Apr, 2017 I like the panel layout and color in this Cheetah.
• 29 Apr, 2017 I'll bet your whiskey doesn't have Darth Vader ice cubes.
• 28 Apr, 2017 Took my Dad flying. I never hit my head on airplane wings. Not this guy.
• 25 Apr, 2017 Starting to look like something now. #myzenith750
• 25 Apr, 2017 Pro tip: if you're going to mount cameras in a plane... actually put them in all of the mounts you set up. Duh.
• 21 Apr, 2017 Sending the cabin frame off to get powder coated