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Date:  6-3-2006
Number of Hours:  2.70
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Brief Description:  Deburred and dimpled right wing skeleton

Today was a real red letter day! I started out by going to the monthly pancake breakfast at EAA chapter 690. This month they sponsored a "Poker Run" where pilots visited 5 different airports to pick up a playing card at each airport. In the end, everybody returns to Lawrenceville airport (LZU) and compares hands. The winner gets most of the pot, with some going to the EAA Chapter. Although I had a great pancake breakfast, I was not planning to fly on the poker run (because my medical is expired until I get a stress EKG and reapply). I was just about to leave when a beautiful white and grey RV-8A taxis up to the EAA hanger. Out popped Bob Hill, the owner, from Winder, GA. He was too late for breakfast, but he wanted to fly the poker run. After we spoke a while, he asked me if I wanted to fly in the back seat for the poker run! Boy, did I! So, off we went for my first flight in an RV-8A. As the GIB (guy in back) it was my job to jump out at each stop and run in to the Fixed Base Operation (FBO) to grab a card. Bob kept the engine running so that we could minimize our down time. We flew to Covington, Gainesville, Jackson County, Winder and then back to Lawrenceville. The trip was great. I had plenty of room in the back cockpit, even though there was a seat booster in there that elevated my head almost to the canopy level. The seat was comfortable and the ventilation just right. Best of all, the visibility, even from the back seat, was phenomenal. I flew for a few minutes while Bob wrestled with some charts in the front pit. It flew just like my RV-6 demo flight three years ago. The stick is light and responsive without being twitchy. Also, she climbed rapidly and once we got to altitude, the airspeed rose swiftly. With a 160 HP engine and a fixed pitch prop, we were indicating 160mph at only 2200 RPM. I plan to have a 180 HP engine with a constant speed prop, so my performance should top that. At low speed in the pattern, Bob's 8A seemed to handly well. He greased on each landing, even thou
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