We stayed home to get the new fridge delivered. And pull all the protective tape off it. Funnily enough, a neighbour just over the road also had a fridge delivered :o)
The high point of my day was Tilly going to the empty space where the old fridge had been to ask for a carrot. I walked over to the old fridge and got one, then magicked it out of thin air for her.
We went to the airport so I could do a test flight post big maintenance...
(I love how ADS-B interpolates a few data points - my flight looked not really like this)
And take Mum up for a flight - we flew up to the Bear Creek canyon and, it would seem, disappeared.
We reappeared when I got above ~1000'...
Dad and I went to the airport via Autozone, where we picked up a box of M6 grease nipples. That sorted the rotor block out, so we changed the oil and the plane's 200 hour service is complete.
At home, I did all the paperwork, and even had time to put together a video from our arrival at Cameron Park for the Props, Cops & Rodders show on Saturday.
Dad and I went to the airport and started the big service on the plane. Things were cleaned, oiled, greased, tightened and replaced. Oh, and one thing was broken. It's not all finished yet, but it's mostly done.
We went to the renaissance faire in Folsom, where we met Shane, Liza and Sara and arranged to go to dinner in the evening.
Dad and I got up early and headed to pick Randy up to drive to the airport and fly to Cameron Park for the Props, Cops and Rodders show.
When we got back to Lincoln, Randy had managed to get a puncture and roll the tyre off the rim on his gyro. We put air in the tyre, pulled it into the hangar and put a new innertube in before heading home.
I'm trying to get the hours on the plane to 1400 in time to do a major service early next week, so I flew Mum to Auburn to meet Dad and Vic (who drove up.)
After lunch, I flew Dad back to Lincoln while Mum and Vic drove to the aquarium store to talk about rehoming a bunch of fish born in Vic's tank.
I drove Mum and Dad to Vacaville so Dad could buy half his body weight in Jelly Belly Jelly Flops.
I took the day off, and after pottering around the house all day, went and picked Mum and Dad up from the airport.
It threw it down with rain, so we went to the airport and replaced the radio push to talk switch.
The weather was crappy - it even rained! - so I pretty much did nothing all day. It was everything I dreamed it could be.
I left the house early and met Shane at the airport. We flew over to Cameron Park. I'd said to Shane about taking the camera, and we both agreed it wasn't worth the hassle. So obviously there was a house on fire in Lincoln that we flew past.
After lunch, we flew back to Lincoln. It was bumpy, as the weather's changing right now - there's talk of rain in the next few days.
Shane's plane was due for its 25 hour service, which is just a bunch of torque settings to check. As we were finishing that, Chris arrived. His wheel was better, but not fixed completely, so there are some axle bolts he wants to look at when he gets home.
I met Shane, PJ and Randy at the airport, where Shane tested his EGT probes and started calibrating his air speed indicator, I did a couple of circuits while I waited for him to get back and Randy took PJ out to Camp Far West Lake and back before we went and got lunch.
There's been a fair amount of smoke from the Mosquito fire up by Foresthill, so a lot of flying stuff in the area's been cancelled. Boo. So, Vic and I went and met Shane and Liza for breakfast, then Shane and I went to the airport to change his remaining bad exhaust gas temperature probe.
Today was Labo(u)r Day, when Americans celebrate the successes of the union movement by going shopping.
We met Randy at the airport and went for a little flight over Camp Far West Lake Reservoir. On the way back, there was a long train, so we followed that for a short while too.
After the brief flight, I had to go home and tidy up some stuff for work.
At home we stayed inside to hide from the (112F) heat, so I threw together a short video of the train.
I met Randy at the airport, and we flew up to Auburn to meet Shane, Liza and Sara for brunch.
It was chuffing hot, so we didn't do anything exciting on the way home. The orbit was when I told Randy that the wind coming from 270 meant runway 33 was the best choice, so I did an orbit so we weren't too close together in the pattern :o)
I met Randy at the airport early, and we flew to Placerville for their pancake breakfast.
It was a little chilly, and we were going to be climbing to ~3500', so I put my jacket on, but as we got to ~900' it warmed up a fair amount.
We left there early, as we both had to meet people at Lincoln around 10:00.
I made Randy chuckle when I called a 2 mile approach, just passing the log pile and an incoming Cessna called to say he was over the log pile. I pointed out to him that I could see him, and he was actually about 2 miles South of the log pile, and he then agreed with me.
