So a funny story - I went flying at lunch, needed to go to KRPJ to pick up my chute. I’m taxiing back to my hangar after landing at home, shut down, and one of the shop guys here pulls up in a golf cart. Somebody was cleaning out a hangar and had these brand new Azusa wheels and tires that have been sitting there forever and he gave them to me.
I reset my night currency last night, perfect night. No wind and clear. I can’t remember the last time I had conditions like that. Today - would have been a perfect soaring day. Got my butt kicked from the bumps. Throttled back to keep it under 120kts, it was just too rough.
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Oh man! I can’t stop watching the videos 
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EAA pancake breakfast at Racine:
Cool hummelbird. I need to finish mine.
This poor Sonex will never fly again. They drilled holes through the spars to hang it up. Looks cool though.
Chapter project, donated by a deceased member. Sadly his wife doesn’t want it to fly, so it’s just a hobby project for the chapter.
Very cool facility.
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Replacement magnetron is working well.
Maintenance test flight after replacing it, plus torquing the heads, adjusting the valves, and changing the oil.
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Flew to 02C for a breakfast.
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As documented elsewhere I made brake pucks when it seemed bleak for Sonex. I had also tooled up to make rotors. I am going to make a few for personal use, partly because it’s a great learning experience, and I have a goal to make titanium rotors to save about 0.7 lbs for the pair. First I made one out of aluminum, just for practice. Here’s a blank with holes drilled and screwed down.
Circles cut using the rotary table:
Trial fit on one of the spare wheels I just got:
The ones from Sonex are a bargain! Lots of work and expense to get this far.
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That looks great! I assume the pictures show the aluminum test piece. Did you already buy the titanium stock?
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Titanium blanks on the left, stainless on the right. I need to try the plasma cutter on this stuff. Took a couple weeks to get the burned cutoff wheel smell off of my hands.
The prior pictures were the aluminum practice piece.
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Chapter 20 at KRYV had a fly in dinner tonight. We went.
Lots of attention. On the way home we climbed up to 6500’, 2-up.
At home I started prepping both the stainless and titanium blanks. Found the stainless was warped from being cut in a shear. Got the holes laid out in the first piece of titanium.
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Titanium brake rotor progress.
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A restaurant patron at KJVL took this picture of us and shared it.
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Intertersting
Are US pilots not in the habit of advising, pre take-off, departure circuit intentions, POB on board, destination, etc.
I am very impressed by the pilots ability to converse , without hesitation, in two languages, all while flying an aircraft.
That’s awesome! I didn’t realize Adam spoke Spanish. Where did he learn it?
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Oh, I just saw in the description that it was 3 years of school. His Spanish is really good. I lived in Mexico for a couple of years in the 90s, speaking almost entirely Spanish, and his grasp of the language is way better than most people that only learn it in school.
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Thanks! He also had a couple of Mexican American roommates in college, and took an interest in the language. He listens to Spanish speaking radio stations and says he picked up a lot of comprehension and pronunciation there.
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That was last night at KEFT. Went with my younger son. Today we flew to KPCZ. The BMW car club had an event you could fly or drive to, and they had food.
Rolled 460 hours TT last night, and another couple plus today. We have been seeing more and more $7/gallon 100LL, makes me glad to have an AeroVee and only be burning 4 GPH.
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