I had a chance to tour the Winslow Life Raft facility in Lake Suzy, Florida on April 17, 2009.
We were greeted by Sam the manager who gave us an excellent tour. You can find the pictures and explanations below. Since I am using their four person, double tubed, inflated floor, covered raft, vacuum sealed, with [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Winslow Life Raft company tour in Lake Suzy, Florida
April 21st, 2009 by jeffrey
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April 18th flight from New Orleans, LA to Corpus Christi, TX
April 21st, 2009 by jeffrey
This was by far the most technically challenging flight leg I have ever flown.
Allan and I were stuck overnight in New Orleans during French Quarter Weekend. We made the best of it and then woke up early in the a.m. to check flight weather and check our feelings about this leg.
The main problem was [...]
Tags: Corpus Christi, Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans, thunderstorms, tornadoes
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Pictures and explanation of Flint Tip Tank installation from Spiders Aircraft Services
April 21st, 2009 by jeffrey
After some initial problems with the installation of my Flint Tip Tanks Spiders really came through. They paid for the cost of Cessna’s testing on the tanks after the cavitation issue. All is well.
I have since used them at least 10 times in my travels. The tanks have worked flawlessly and it’s lovely to [...]
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April 17th Stuck in New Orleans for French Quarter Weekend
April 17th, 2009 by jeffrey
Our journey continues from Fort Meyers, FL to New Orleans, LA stuck by severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes…and so it goes
Update from the Team Miss Behavin’ Control Center 4/17/09
April 17th, 2009 by kenny
City of Sin..
Due to weather conditions Jeff and Alan have made a detour from Central Florida and are currently traveling North East towards my home town, the big easy…New Orleans. I recently chatted with the boys from the SAT phone and they are doing great and enjoying the trip. I recommended some great restaurants for [...]
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April 16th waking up in Fort Meyers, Florida
April 16th, 2009 by jeffrey
This has been so much fun and I’m so happy to have my friend and co-pilot Allan Sargony along for this shake down cruise of Miss Behavin’.
We are finding out lots of interesting facts about Miss Behavin’s performance and mine too.
I’ve been setting the trim (how high or low the nose should be) for takeoff [...]
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April 14th and 15th from Van Nuys, Ca to Fort Meyers, FL
April 15th, 2009 by jeffrey
We flew one day from KVNY to Charleston, SC and the next day continue on to Fort Meyers, Florida.
Update from Team Miss Behavin’s Control Center! 4/14/09
April 14th, 2009 by kenny
So it starts……
Early this morning Jeff departed on a trial adventure, flying cross country from So Cal to Florida and possibly (weather and time permitting..) on to the Bahamas. All is well so far on his journey. We here at home base (literally : p) received a phone call from Jeff via Satellite phone installed [...]
April 11th Van Nuys to Scottsdale, Arizona at Flight Level 190 (19,000)
April 12th, 2009 by jeffrey
Miss Behavin’, Jeff and Martina fly to Scottsdale, Arizona and test FL190 with oxygen and the Iridium satellite phone, along with a little unexpected rime icing.
Tags: arizona, iridium satellite phone, Landmark Aviation, miss behavin', oxygen, oxygen mask, rime ice, scottsdale
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April 9th’s flight to Montgomery Field in San Diego
April 11th, 2009 by jeffrey
Team Miss Behavin’s flight to Montgomery Field in San Diego testing the Flint tip tanks and forgetting to turn on my spidertracks early enough.
Tags: Flint Tip Tanks, kmyf, kvny, Montgomery Field, San Diego, spidertracks
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