I've got another trip planned to Bandon on the southern Oregon coast coming up, and I'm seven hours away from an oil change so I need to fly seven hours in the next six days because I don't want to be midtrip when my oil change is due. I've never been to Stehekin or Darrington so I attempted those d...
I just opened a letter in the mail from Jim Stanton (the guy that wrote the Wittman Tailwind W10 Builder's Manual) with an invitation to the 2015 Tailwind and Buttercup Fly In taking place at Hartford Municipal Airport (KHXF) on July 1718. I'm a Machine Technology student and will be in the middle o...
N11018 still suffers the side effects of oil blowby from the breather hose. It's not as bad as it used to be, but after so many flight hours there's enough sheen that dust and debris begins to stick. To clean it, I normally prop the tailwheel up about two feet, then roll underneath on a creeper to w...
The boss needed someone to pick up a customer from Baker City, Oregon so I volunteered. I've been to Baker City several times and it's an easy, direct flight, but for today's flight my iPad wasn't functioning, or at least I thought it was my iPad or Bad Elf GPS or Air Navigation Pro that had gone ha...
The gentleman that built N11018, Harold Passow, passed away on January 15, 2015 at the age of 92. He built my Tailwind at his home near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, completing it in 1965. I wish you the same blue skies and tailwinds that you have bestowed upon me, Mr. Passow. I promise to help keep your lega...
The boss needed supplies flown to a gentleman at Sand Canyon 1S9 in Chewelah, WA so I volunteered. This is a quiet residential airpark tucked in the Okanagon foothills in Northeast Washington. === 5 Miles South of Sand Canyon 3 Miles South of Sand Canyon N11018 at Sand Canyon Sand Canyon Wind Sock S...