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04-24-2017, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: houston, texas
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St. Croix.
Christion-Sted, old forts, grate diving, Flying Goose ramp in the cove, Bacardi Salorie Select and chary vanilla Dr. Pepper. What a grew of lushes and vagabons to get to see it all. Can't wait. Yours, R.E.A. III #80888
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04-25-2017, 04:27 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cartersville, Georgia KVPC
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Originally Posted by scard
Rosie is on the ramp with the hood open again.
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I think Rosie's entire electrical system is allergic to salt air... 
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04-25-2017, 06:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: houston, texas
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Silicon or WD40.
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Originally Posted by Michael White
I think Rosie's entire electrical system is allergic to salt air... 
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Time to find some silicon, WD40 or LPS and wet it down a little. Clean all the connections as you go though them. Don't use the Rum for him or the bird while doing this, however. Good luck and safe returns. Yours, R.E.A. III #80888
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04-25-2017, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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Upon arrival, Rosie dropped his two (2!) alternators off at an alternator shop on the way to the hotel (as usual). Same dance as two years ago. (same alternators?) It is a little comical, but I can relate, being the one stranded in Exuma two years ago for filling up the B&C voltage regulators (yes, two of them!) in the rain. They don't like that and now live in a condom. I don't know if I said it, but his first failure that had him RTB in Florida was a fully broken alternator bracket that he had to get welded back together. I'm thinking really hard here, but I don't think he has made a leg yet without alternator issues. I feel for my buddy but, if anybody can persevere, it is Rosie. He just keeps on chugging with his eye on the next dive.
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RV-9A N4822C flying 1850+hrs. / Cedar Park, TX
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04-25-2017, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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Drumroll.....
Ahmmmm... May I present "The Money Shot". Many thanks to Jimmy B. for the idea. This is Mopion island. The picture isn't perfect, but I bet there are less than a handful of RVrs that have this one. It is a super tiny island that took some navigational planning to get to. It is north west of Petit Saint Vincent, about 40mi NW of Grenada. We didn't spend any time working on the setup. The plan was to hit the island at about 100' agl, roll in for about 270deg, then roll out on course. This is the result that I'm pretty excited about.

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04-25-2017, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Picture dump time
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04-25-2017, 08:56 AM
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04-25-2017, 09:03 AM
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04-25-2017, 09:17 AM
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Picture dump continued
Landing St. Croix. Do you think I have the field made? Our turnoff is way down there at the other end.
There are all 9 of our ducks. I don't know what is up with all of these other pilots, but Larry Vetterman long ago taught me to "point my chicken into the wind!" There are no tiedowns anywhere of any kind at anyplace we've stayed. They're just sitting out there in chocks. Ahhmmmm, sometimes, for those that have chocks. Some in our group need some public shaming, but I'll leave that for later.
Then there is Taco who inexplicably had a W&B issue after loading back up after visiting customs for the taxi to parking, narrowly avoiding a tail strike. Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up. They solved the problem with some external storage for the taxi.
Check-in time with some Rummmm punch.
View from the room.
Accommodations. This is three star, where most of the essentials work. Perfect for our group, but if you're looking for a "nice" place, this isn't it. IE, your functional a/c might sound like a freight train and the sink might leak, but hey, the toilet works.

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04-25-2017, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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Contrary to the belief of some, our Bravo flight of three has had absolutely no problem operating as a proper three ship from startup, takeoff, landing and shutdown at every location that we have been so far. Heck, at many places, I'm sure we could have asked for the overhead and gotten it. I don't know, maybe it is because we have very good wingmen that make us sound like we know what we're doing by being quiet and just following the instructions of Lead (TC) at all times on our discrete frequency. The local ramp operators are usually quite impressed to see a disciplined flight taxi up and shutdown on a head nod, or fire up and taxi out with complete coordination. I think those ground ops go a long way to the tower expectation of professionalism when you ask for a formation departure.
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