>Yup, I have an RV-6 two place side by side 200 mph cruise. Great traveling plane.Nice! I think our Arrow's cruising speed ia about 135-140 knots ... I forget what that is in mph. How long did it take you to build your plane? I guy in our old neighborhood built a Kit Fox, took him 13 years!!! Another guy in our old neighborhood is building something (I'm sorry, I can't remember what it is ... I don't think it's an RV though) ... anyway, he's planning on it taking him 4 years. I think he's got less than 2 to go.
>Great adventures. I can be from Texas back to Oregon in 9 hours, San Diego in 7 or Florida in 4 1/2.We flew to Montana to go to Glacier Nat'l Park in July for a weekend ... this is when we still lived in Washington (Ellensburg ... 100 miles east of Seattle). Only took us about 2 hours. We took Ken Levy with us (his brother's a pilot, so he doesn't mind flying in little planes <g>) ... it was our annual photography trip with him. Next year we will be doing more trips like that ... (with or without Ken <g>). I just think it's cool to go somewhere for a weekend trip that you'd normally have to take several vacation days off work if you drove in a car.
>I lived in Oregon about 30 years and most of the time in Bend. In my previous life I was an electrician (Electrical Contractor) and I probably wired about 1000 houses in Sun River. I still have two good friends, retired airline captains, that live at Sun River airpark section.Cool, my Dad was an electrician. =0)
>I don't really mind the grass strip. We have another person here with an Arrow that has been here 17 years. Problem is I would never be able to afford to live at an expensive airpark like the one in Sun River. This one is just right for me and the lake is a bonus. I don't fish, but the view is sure nice.Oh, I was just kidding about the Arrow and grass strips. I'm sure Gary could land one one no problem (don't think he has yet though). Sun River is very expensive, but it's so nice. I'm envious about the lake. I grew up on a lake in Connecticut and I really do miss that.
>Take care, and happy flying. If your company ever expands to Texas, you could fly down and check out the airpark.Our company actually has an office in Austin. But when they asked us to relocate from Washington, they gave us two choices: Austin or Hillsboro. No contest. <g> We haven't had to visit the Austin office, ever. But, we have flown the Arrow down to our corporate office in Pleasanton, CA a couple of times.
~~Bonnie
