Arty's Ultimate Ultralight Adventure

Only 2 weeks and 2 days to wheels off! My To-Do list gets longer every day. 1. Get the engine running perfectly and replacing old parts. I sent my engine (Rotax 503 DCDI) in for a thorough going over: decarboned the pistons, put in new gaskets… more »

It's raining - and forecast to continue for another week! My test flying window is getting smaller - which is a little unnerving. 13 more days to take off! I'm putting together my packing lists. My flying friends tease me because I keep list of ever… more »

On my website, I wrote that this flight is about more than flying to the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Florida. It's also about carrying a message that we can all challenge our self-limiting beliefs... create and achieve big, hairy, bodacious goals for ourselves… more »

"But what about when you're not flying?" That's the question that some of the folks at my office asked, when I went in to say good-by before my flight. They were interested in the flying, but most of their questions had to do with being on the ground, n… more »

In the introduction to this blog, I explained that my Maxair Drifter is "an ultralight-type E-LSA" (Experimental Light Sport Aircraft, registered as such with the Federal Aviation Administration.) Then, since that was pretty cumbersome language, and… more »

With two cycle engines like my Rotax 503 (approx. 55 hp) there is a maintenance schedule that I adhere to fairly carefully. I took the engine in a few weeks ago and after having it fine-tuned (new gaskets, decarboned pistons, cleaning carbuerators,) a f… more »

For those of you who are scratching your heads over the title of this post... Randy and I are scheduled to leave tomorrow, Sunday, March 29. (I had hoped leave today, Saturday, but he's still putting the finishing touches on his Carrera and won't be ab… more »

Hello everyone, I thought I'd take a moment to update you all on Arty's progress. They are underway now, but didn't get airborne today until quite late in the morning, because of weather (no, she didn't just "sleep in" today ;)). In a previous pos… more »

It was snowing at our home Sunday morning when Norm drove me two hours south to Lebanon State Airport to begin "the rest of the flight". The further we went, the bluer the skies got. Seeing Larry and Dana (the FBO owners) was like seeing old friends aga… more »

This morning I had a major decision to make - wait for Randy to "catch up" with me in Yreka, CA or head over the Siskiou Mountains by myself. Of all the terrain I've ever flown over, the Siskious scare me the most. (I've made 6 flights over them, terrif… more »