July 4th Flight
Anybody order a 737 quickbuild fuselage? I was driving to work yesterday and saw these sitting on some tracks in a random spot in Woodinville. Couldn’t resist taking a picture.
Today was predicted to be a gorgeous day and it was. Adele and I launched early for a sortie around Mt. Rainier. This was the smoothest and clearest flight I’ve taken yet in the RV. Simply spectacular.
The destination was in our sites standing tall at 14,410 feet.
Once clear of the class B airspace, we climbed up to 9,000. Getting closer…
Off in the distance was Mt Adams. And in the second shot you can just barely make out Mt. St. Helens on the right. That will be another trip in the near future.
Adele does a great job of taking pictures, and I’ll just let them speak for themselves. This is a ton of pictures, but every side of the mountain is different and incredible in its own way.
I had Adele fly some on the way back practicing holding an altitude and doing some shallow turns. She’s a great pilot already.
We approached Renton from the north along Lake Washington. Tons of boats out today.
Base and final for 33 at Renton.
And a fresh batch of 737’s almost ready to go.
Really an awesome flight. If we hadn’t messed around on the way back, it would have been 45 minutes flat. As it was, we landed with another 0.99 on the clock.
I almost forgot that I tinkered with the canopy “targa” strip last night. It’s turning out really great so far. It just needs a little more sanding and some paint, and then I can affix it to the canopy with some epoxy.