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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday a.m. in Florida - CWPG meets dolphins :-)
I awoke early today and left my hotel in Lake Mary, FL bound for the coast and headed north. My ultimate destination was Marineland, a dolphin conservatory south of St Augustine, FL.
Along the way there, I drove up coastal highway A1A, which is a beautiful drive and holds a lot of good memories for me.
The conservatory was established in 1938. The oldest dolphin there is 57 years old! Human years...wow! She has some of her offspring there too. The youngest dolphins there are about 3 years old. The little ones (about 4 feet long) are very spirited and constantly playing. I think the biggest one was about 8-9 feet long and 600 lbs. WOW!
Below are a few pics from this morning. Also below is a link to all the other pics (50+).
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE PICS!
CLICK THE PICS BELOW TO ENLARGE!
Along the way there, I drove up coastal highway A1A, which is a beautiful drive and holds a lot of good memories for me.
The conservatory was established in 1938. The oldest dolphin there is 57 years old! Human years...wow! She has some of her offspring there too. The youngest dolphins there are about 3 years old. The little ones (about 4 feet long) are very spirited and constantly playing. I think the biggest one was about 8-9 feet long and 600 lbs. WOW!
Below are a few pics from this morning. Also below is a link to all the other pics (50+).
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE PICS!
CLICK THE PICS BELOW TO ENLARGE!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sea of Tranquility
I spent some time today walking on New Smyrna Beach in Florida. It was a fairly breezy day, temps in the low 70's and a crystal clear sunny sky of blue.
The ocean was quite placid even with the breeze, I guess because the wind was out of the west.
Click the link below to see all the pics from today:
PICS PICS PICS!
The ocean was quite placid even with the breeze, I guess because the wind was out of the west.
Click the link below to see all the pics from today:
PICS PICS PICS!
Working on the Champ
I spent a couple hours this a.m. at Bob White field in Zellwood, FL with my pal Capn Jim, working on his 1946 Aeronca Champion aeroplane.
The wheel struts were in need of service so Jim had them rebuilt. So we went about removing a set of old placeholder struts and installing the new rebuilt struts.
We used an engine lift/hoist to lift the Champ enough to remove weight from each wheel. All in all it was an easy job. The final tightening and inspection need to be done by a certified airplane mechanic so after that is done the Champ will be airborne again on supple new struts!
The wheel struts were in need of service so Jim had them rebuilt. So we went about removing a set of old placeholder struts and installing the new rebuilt struts.
We used an engine lift/hoist to lift the Champ enough to remove weight from each wheel. All in all it was an easy job. The final tightening and inspection need to be done by a certified airplane mechanic so after that is done the Champ will be airborne again on supple new struts!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Pics from FL trip
During my training trip to FL I have been taking pics and posting them to Facebook. You can see the pics by clicking the links below:
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
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