Late this afternoon, I looked eastward, saw a contrail zipping across the sky. I told my wife, that must be a KR2 ! Now I know it was you Mark. So beware, we have an eye on you from here! LOL Larry H. Rockwall Tx
NetHeads, No photos today, but I took the afternoon off to do a tuneup on the plane and do a little other maintenance. The "primary" condenser now has 350 hours on it, and the engine has been running a little rough on that side compared to the unused "secondary". I've been cleaning and regapping the points every 100 hours or so, but have neglected that condenser. I got finished at about 5PM and was going for a "shakedown cruise", but when I pulled the chocks out, noticed the tires were low (sitting on the "go-no-go chocks"), so I had to air them up some. It seems the sudden drop in temperature reduced the tire pressure to 25 psi, so I fixed that and pulled it out. I had just enough time to fly for half an hour before it got too dark, so I took off. The engine ran smoother than it has in months, and the cold air gave me a climb rate close to 1400 fpm. I left the pattern and flew up to a Tennessee buddy's house and did a 210 mph low pass (at about 1001' AGL), then flew back home wide open. There's nothing like blasting along that close to the ground doing 170 mph, watching another great sunset. I got back just in time to do three touch and goes (is that against the FARs?). Another great flight in some really smooth air, and now I'm ready to tackle the 2000' grass strip tomorrow morning to visit some Birmingham EAA'ers. I passed the 350 hour mark during that flight, and I think I did it in style... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama
