Last year I went to the annual SeaRey fly-in at Garner's Landing as a way to meet other builders and research my build, and visited the factory the next day for even more info. Tuesday I was at Sun 'n Fun and ended up working in Air Ops the rest of the week when the tornadoes hit.
It was so much fun I did it again this year, but I also spent a morning with longtime SeaRey guru Jim Ratte. Jim filled me up with some great ideas about how to solve some of the problems with my build, and at Garner's both Eric Batterman and Dan Nickens kindly took the time to fill my brain up even further. Since I got back a couple weeks ago I've been sifting the information, processing it and looking at my kit in new ways. I've gone by the hangar and talked to Osp about what I've learned, she's told me what she's been thinking, and we're slowly coming up with a plan for this year.
One big decision I made was not to try to have her flying this year. If I knew what I was doing it might be possible, but it would also take a lot of the fun out of it. So I've pushed my engine back to a Spring 2013 delivery and we'll spend this year working out the kinks, taking our time, and doing it right.
It's becoming a tradition that I go to the Garner's fly-in
and Sun n Fun. I've met some great people,
learned a lot,
and had a hell of a lot of fun.
Even got to be part of Manfred Radius's ribbon crew this year, which I can finally admit was on my bucket list.
It was so much fun I did it again this year, but I also spent a morning with longtime SeaRey guru Jim Ratte. Jim filled me up with some great ideas about how to solve some of the problems with my build, and at Garner's both Eric Batterman and Dan Nickens kindly took the time to fill my brain up even further. Since I got back a couple weeks ago I've been sifting the information, processing it and looking at my kit in new ways. I've gone by the hangar and talked to Osp about what I've learned, she's told me what she's been thinking, and we're slowly coming up with a plan for this year.
One big decision I made was not to try to have her flying this year. If I knew what I was doing it might be possible, but it would also take a lot of the fun out of it. So I've pushed my engine back to a Spring 2013 delivery and we'll spend this year working out the kinks, taking our time, and doing it right.
It's becoming a tradition that I go to the Garner's fly-in
and Sun n Fun. I've met some great people,
learned a lot,
and had a hell of a lot of fun.
Even got to be part of Manfred Radius's ribbon crew this year, which I can finally admit was on my bucket list.
