Our home base for our airplane (the Cessna 172 that we fly and the RV 10 that we are building) is Lendhardt's Airpark, owned by Jack Lendhardt who is quite the collector of airplanes. Jack had the Bleriot (French) remade and just had it licensed and is test flying it. The plane is made of wood, paper and cables. The wings warp and the seat is suspended with no floor below it. Jack hopes to fly it across the English Channel in three years to commemorate it's original flight, I believe, one hundred years ago.

Rae Ann's Birthday

For Rae Ann's birthday we (Rae Ann, Robin and me) loaded up the truck and set out for a trip to the Portland Zoo. With diaper bags, snacks and strollers in tow we met up with Julia and Natalie Sager.


























Ivy hunkered in for the ride.














We brought home take-out food and had to have the ceremonial birthday cake.

Recovery of the Columbia 400

We have a friend who had to abandon his airplane (Columbia 400) in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, B.C. due to weather. So we took our plane (Cessna 172, N41ME) up the following week and flew both back. Bruce flew 41ME home and John Strauss and I flew the 400 home. The 400 is a high performance airplane, just off the line (still smells like a new airplane inside!).We flew the west side of the island 200 to 500 feet off the water with the speed between 200 to 230 knots. We then climbed to 23,000 feet and plugged in the oxygen.

We met at PDX for customs (in the above photo the Columbia 400 is in the background) and departed there for Aurora as a party of two which allowed us to take off together (Becky flying 41ME and Bruce and John in the 400). What a great trip.