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“Un-store” and ADS-B

It’s been a while since I’ve been in Falco mode. In fact the plane has been stored for over a year. Recently I’ve started a slow job of getting back in the air. There’s a few jobs I need to do first. On inspecting the inner gear doors I can see that a fairly recentContinue reading ““Un-store” and ADS-B”

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Reassemble at Chino

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High speed disassemble

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A crucial step

20 Mar Today I received my very first airspace waiver to cover the test flying of the aeroplane. A huge.. I mean HUGE step forward and a weight off my mind. OK I’m not appoved for everything but I have at least proved the system works and that I understand it. Also.. I was strugglingContinue reading “A crucial step”

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Nervous times

14 Mar So after much toing and froing I think we’ve settled on a Carnet being sufficient so last week I applied for one..  So I wait and see (Nervous bit part 1) But by far the most uncertainty so far is today being the day to apply for my first international waiver. I loggedContinue reading “Nervous times”

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Make it stop !!

29 Feb Man what a week !! I thought I had pretty much everything sorted. So this week I started down the track of organising the ATA Carnet.  In the process I needed to get the contact details of the agent in the USA so I contacted my shipper (new one now since the originalContinue reading “Make it stop !!”

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Weight, half an hour

15 Feb Before and After Last year some time I was looking over the possible tracks and realised we would be operating out of some very high airfields. This coupled with high temperatures meant that some density altitudes would be up over 9000 feet. I haven’t operated anything like this so it would be newContinue reading “Weight, half an hour”

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ACTION STATIONS!

10 Feb So today I learnt that I need to protect 48-50 days prior to the aeroplane’s arrival in USA. What that means is that I now have a date. 12th April 2012 ZK-SMR needs to be inside a container and hitting the road for the US of A ! Now I can put datesContinue reading “ACTION STATIONS!”

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Onesmart

27 Jan Today I had a bit of a win with money conversion. Air New Zealand recently came out with a frequent flyer card called the onesmart card. Its really good and has some fantastic features.  On the face of it, it looks like a mastercard. In fact it is to a degree. Its actuallyContinue reading “Onesmart”

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Success and Confusion

20 Jan With the new year starting the whole project has taken on a new air of urgency for me. I know there are a few things I need to wait just a little bit longer for but over the next few months it will start to ramp up. This month so far has seenContinue reading “Success and Confusion”

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