Joe Horton wrote: > I have not seen a word on anyone planning on Sun N Fun for this year. I > have April 19 to 22nd set aside to get there and get back home. Anyone > made any plans?
That sounds like a good plan (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), so I'll plan to be there at the same time as you. More info on SNF can be found at http://www.sun-n-fun.org/content/interior.asp?section=flyin&body=convention . Last year I camped in the woods with Brian Kraut and Dana Overall, so I'll plan to do that this year too. The hike from campsite to airplane is a short one, which was nice. From Fly Market to airplane is about 100 feet, which is even better. I assume we'll all try to park where we did the last time, which is the first row on the last entrance to the flight line, on the Fly Market end. Bad news for you, Joe. The 3100cc "Big Boy" Corvair is up and running! Finished it up on Saturday, installed it Sunday afternoon, and I'd have flown it before sunset if the windsock hadn't been sticking straight out and been trying to unscrew itself from the ground. But I did get about 10 high speed taxi runs in. There were no giant puddles of oil anywhere, it idled smoothly, would do 2950 rpm static, and it's full and ready to fly on Wednesday when I get back from Minnesota. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/phoenix/07022528m.jpg for the latest incarnation. It looks pretty nice except for the "prototype" air plenums that I meant to never fly with. Maybe by SNF I'll have some new ones made up. Hmmm. I wonder if I can get John Backer's wheel pants mounted by then... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
