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I keep having to scoot this rat snake off of my driveway. He has a hard time on the blacktop surface.

Sat, 30 May 2020 21:27:27 +0000

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Been at this project three years. Today was the very first time I sat in it. Airplane noises were made. #myzenith750

Sun, 10 May 2020 09:36:26 +0000

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Okay engineers, anyone have a better method for making a 122mm hole in my wing skin? #myzenith750

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:01:10 +0000

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I need to make a YouTube video on things I wish I’d known before I started building this thing. For example, Milwaukee makes a cordless rivet puller that I now own but wish I had bought the first day. #myzenith750

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:37:25 +0000

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I need to make a YouTube video on things I wish I’d known before I started building this thing. For example, Milwaukee makes a cordless rivet puller that I now own but wish I had bought the first day. #myzenith750

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Not going to build itself #myzenith750

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:29:11 +0000

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At 5am in a 33 degree hangar blue flames are awesome.

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 08:51:22 +0000

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It getting old yet? Nope. #tigerbaron

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:07:23 +0000

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Managed to get all four flaperons finished up before sunrise. #myzenith750

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:57:13 +0000

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Despite marrying a sailor, my wife is known for her mostly PG-13 mouth. Today she was putting a turkey in the oven when she realized halfway through setting a timer that she had forgotten to put the herbs in the cavity. Ladies and gentlemen, present you with Alexa’s capture of my wife’s “dirty mouth”. Sound on.

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:46:27 +0000

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The same thing we do every morning Pinky. #myzenith750

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 09:42:04 +0000

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I was super nervous to cut the struts to length. Turns out a metal cutting blade on my miter saw made it a snap. #myzenith750

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:22:59 +0000

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Flying an airplane with onboard radar sure is great. #tigerbaron

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:22:33 +0000

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My Dad did close to 400 rivets today. #myzenith750

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:44:03 +0000

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Calling approach into Beaufort for a 10 degree deviation for “a little weather” was a good call.

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:38:33 +0000

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Bill captured my approach in the rain from the right seat. I turned a much closer in base leg than usual to avoid the heavy rain just to the south of the airport. #tigerbaron

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:28:30 +0000

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Brake cylinders on the rudder pedals. Check. #myzenith750

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:14:36 +0000

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Doesn’t get old. Also, windshield bugs.

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:16:36 +0000

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I have 13 vertebrae fused in my spine so laying on a hard surface is pretty painful. But if it doesn’t kill you and all that... #myzenith750

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:52:23 +0000

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I have thousands of dollars worth of fancy tools but sometimes the right tool for the job is a six dollar hack saw and some elbow grease. #myzenith750

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 08:47:15 +0000

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Rivet day #myzenith750

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 13:58:07 +0000

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It’s fast enough that it’s hard for the camera guy to focus and keep it in frame, but it sure does sound cool. #tigerbaron

Fri, 24 May 2019 14:52:28 +0000

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Designing Avionics components. What else would someone even do on a Friday night?

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:25:54 +0000

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Checking off bucket list items faster in the last year than any other time in my life. Royals spring training: check

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:25:49 +0000

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I work really fast. Is 4 pots of coffee a lot? #myzenith750

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:25:53 +0000

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I have exactly one multi engine flight in my logbook. So the instructor thought my first simulator landing should be with the left engine out. Not too shabby. #pilotthuglife

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:25:42 +0000

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The weather outside is frightful....

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:25:50 +0000

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Got the RedBird all set up. Pretty sweet

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:25:43 +0000

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View from my office today. Beautiful. Then a decent to minimums through this to a fogged in runway.

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:25:54 +0000

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Gorgeous day to be an airplane nut

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:25:54 +0000

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Morning study time ambiance today

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 08:25:41 +0000

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Caleb is diving in the tank at EPCOT

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:25:51 +0000

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Saw this cool trick by Jon Croke of homebuilthelp. When working with large aluminum sheets by yourself, it’s easier to roll them up. Reassembling this wing after all the deburring and prepped work to rivet. Then done with this one. #myzenith750

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 17:25:50 +0000

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I generally like metal work. Prep work is easier if you think “I get to” rather than “I have to”. #myzenith750

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 17:25:43 +0000

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Everyone waits until November and it’s in the low 40s before they power wash the deck right?

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:25:57 +0000

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Each spar has 101 holes to be drilled. Then again on the top. Then repeat for the other wing. Oh and since these are pilot holes that need to be expanded I’ll drill each of these holes 2 more times. 1212 holes drilled just for the wing spars. I fully understand the grin people have on their first flight. Gotta earn it. #soreshoulders #myzenith750

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 15:25:37 +0000

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And flip. #myzenith750

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:25:40 +0000

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Time for the first two burns of the fall.

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:25:48 +0000

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Here we go again with riveting Friday nights.... #myzenith750

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:25:40 +0000

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I’m thinking of becoming a weatherman. I called it almost exactly. The hurricane is passing over us right now. This far inland we have light rain one afternoon. Hardly even remarkable for a city that averages 40 inches of rainfall a year. I wonder what all the people in Asheville who hoarded bread, milk and gas are going to do with it all.

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 14:25:52 +0000

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I’m on a “playing the long game with long game kinda people” kick lately. Putting my money where my mouth is. #myzenith750

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:25:46 +0000

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It’s light enough that we just carried it on and off the trailer. #myzenith750

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:26:21 +0000

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T-28 start up

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:25:48 +0000

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Takes 2 hours to put up a free standing 3 hammock rig in a field but makes a pretty cool result. #airventure2018

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:25:49 +0000

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Caleb’s always been a metalworking kinda guy. Since I’m making an all metal plane he doesn’t need much arm twisting. Now if the camera man would put down the camera to hold the piece..:. #myzenith750

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:25:50 +0000

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Hey, I know that guy on page 24 of Sport Aviation magazine.

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:25:56 +0000

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Ingredients to build an airplane include... baby powder??? #myzenith750

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:25:41 +0000

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My riveter is prettier than yours. #myzenith750

Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:25:34 +0000

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Monday evening blues. Doing it anyway. No build no fly. #myzenith750

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:25:52 +0000

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Flew through the mountain pass where Chimney Rock is. You can see where the parking lot slid down the hill during the flooding last week.

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:25:50 +0000

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Still unsure about these seats :)

Mon, 28 May 2018 21:25:45 +0000

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These seats are not too shabby

Mon, 28 May 2018 14:25:44 +0000

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Wing delivery day #myzenith750

Wed, 23 May 2018 16:25:46 +0000

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Attach the cockpit assembly to the plane day. Woot! #myzenith750

Fri, 18 May 2018 17:25:38 +0000

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My Dad and a boat. Life is good.

Thu, 03 May 2018 14:03:54 +0000

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I want to do the Zenith logo on my instrument panel (and a couple other places) in aluminum. Test run on hdpe turned out great. #myzenith750 #zenithaircraft #homebuiltaircraft

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:11:13 +0000

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The Test carve they include was boring so I changed it to something a little more up my alley.

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:25:45 +0000

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It’s alive. Woot. #inventables

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:42:21 +0000

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Time to put the fuselage halves together and cover up the arm biting chefs knife features of this plane. #myzenith750

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 09:41:45 +0000

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The only way to do a thousand hour project… One hour at a time. #myzenith750

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:19:24 +0000

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Guess which drillbit I don’t have a replacement for? #myzenith750

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:17:17 +0000

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About a twentieth of the brush and tree junk in my yard I need to burn.

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:03:45 +0000

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It’s time to build the airplanes

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:17:41 +0000

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Surprising amount of activity at this pretty remote airport.

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:15:02 +0000

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We were “followed” by a phenom jet into Macon County airport. We were out of the plane and almost done refueling before he was on the ground.

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:16:44 +0000

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Caleb and I Spent the day helping Jerry with the annual inspection on his Quickie. Not only did the engine not have any parts left over when we put it back together, it even started… #pilotthuglife

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:27:56 +0000

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I do love how easy the wings fold on this plane.

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:15:20 +0000

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Happened to catch a Zenith 750 on the field today. @zenithaircraft

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 10:39:13 +0000

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Just want to shout out to @zenithaircraft for making the solidworks model available. Taking measurements for creating an @xplaneofficial model of a Cruzer is about 100 times easier now

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:27 +0000

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Great thing about doing the plane build in the garage is that any free 30 minutes means progress. Will be much harder when it’s too big to fit in here and I need to finish it at the airport #myzenith750

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:48:44 +0000

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At the end of the @zenithaircraft banquet last night the guys from Avolution did a little flyby on their way home. Now I want an Eclipse 500...

Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:25:36 +0000

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Roger showing off the short takeoff of the 750 SD @zenithaircraft

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:25:46 +0000

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This unpainted cruiser has the Viking engine that I’m buying. I can’t believe how quiet it is. Standing just 10 feet from it

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:31:29 +0000

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The clouds literally parted for 4 minutes where we were today at the exact time.

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:35:54 +0000

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Clouds moved out just in time.

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:51:48 +0000

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How fun are pancake breakfasts at the airport? Jerry dancing fun. That's how fun.

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:31:02 +0000

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I did manage to get Proteus climbing out

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:13:58 +0000

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Blue Angels are practicing right on top of us again

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:43:46 +0000

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Warbird air show just kicking off

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:45:11 +0000

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We're turning so fast I can't even tell we're turning. #somethingaintright

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:42:23 +0000

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"That thing sounds like an angry food processor..." #pilotthuglife

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:48:09 +0000

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Some of the aircraft maneuvering at today's event felt a lot like my time on aircraft carrier flight decks

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:33:13 +0000

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Landing was even shorter. Sheesh

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:13:38 +0000

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Now that's a short takeoff. This is the owner of Just Aircraft in SC showing off.

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:10:26 +0000

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Darwin just finished building this RV-4.

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 12:35:21 +0000

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Building the baggage compartment this morning. Don't worry, gripping a bulletproof coffee. #myzenith750

Sat, 27 May 2017 08:17:58 +0000

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Prototype for skid slip indicator

Sat, 13 May 2017 16:23:07 +0000

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I'm super happy with how bright this is. I think It might even be bright enough in full sunlight in a cockpit.

Sat, 13 May 2017 15:50:17 +0000

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Landing a Grumman Cheetah from the right seat at Hendersonville with a lot of forward slip.

Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:39:54 +0000

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When you carry too much speed to the runway you level off... and... float... float... aaaannnddd touch down. Sheesh. Full flight here: http://buff.ly/2pe9j3f #pilotproblems

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:16:59 +0000

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Does this count for my airplane's first barrel roll?

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 20:43:06 +0000

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