Sheefishing

Flew to Bettles with George Mandes, Charlie Martin, Hans Hanson, Peter Grunwaldt, and Astro the dog. George set us up with a Sheefishing adventure that was outstanding. Photo is of Peter's 185 on Amphibs and my 185 on wheels. George and Charlie's blog of our experience is here.

747 on Final

Stopped by the Anchorage airport last weekend to watch airplanes land.

70199

Amanda and I took delivery of 70199 on June 13, 2011. 70199 is a 1972 Cessna 185E. Peter Grunwaldt flew me and my instructor, Dr. Alex Russell, to Willow for the flight home. Amanda and I have been to Talkeetna twice already (took about 1 hour from Soldotna), and we just spent the weekend in McCarthy. Here is a photo from the McCarthy Airport.

Seldovia

Flew over to Pete Ross' new house. He lives on an airstrip. Taxied over to his driveway and parked the planes. PZ is on the right. 6AM (Hans' plane) is the blue one. Pete's is the red and white one in the back.

Flew over Halibut Cove.

On the way to Seldovia for lunch with Amanda. Hans flew over with Veronica.

Avionics Improvements

Ben Stedman ripped apart the inards of the instrument panel. Added manifold pressure, CHT, and Spidertracks. It was all back together in about 2 hours with the new instruments.

Iditarod 2011

Parked on Crystal Lake to watch the dog-sled teams go by. Thanks to Hans for hosting another great Iditarod party at his cabin.

Sourdough Bread

Making two loaves of Sourdough Wheat bread using a natural levain that I started from scratch about two weeks ago. The first loaf came out of the oven and I juxtaposed the pre and post baking loaves.