Over the last couple of weeks, I have finished up the mounting brackets and braces for the control stick torque tube on my Bede BD-4C. This was very fiddly slow work because it takes so long to disassemble, adjust, reassemble, and test. I fabricated the last of the braces and drilled all of the holes, […]
Hawk Update
I checked on “our” hawk and learned that he was taken to the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, MO. He is a Cooper’s Hawk with a fractured right wing. Fortunately, he is eating and seems to be doing well. I was told that he would be recuperating for two to three weeks.
Hawk Visitor
We had a hawk visitor last night. Candy looked out the front door to discover this poor bird sitting on a chair on our front porch. Ms. Klinger of the St. Charles County Division of Humane Services was good enough to come collect it, quite gently, thank you. By the time you read this, the […]
B-25 Pumpkin Drop / Bombing Run
Great fun was to be had at St. Charles Flying Service’s second annual pumpkin drop at St. Charles County Smartt Airport this afternoon. The festivities were opened with a cluster bombing run by “Show Me”, the B-25 based on the field. I did take my shot at the target but, as expected, found that a […]
