Page Twelve         So much to do - so little time.

There have been floods!

There have been wind storms.

Oh yes!  There has been fishing.  My little Largemouth from Man Trap Lake MN. Kim's smaller Bass.

There was, "Being one with Nature." And there was Kim's much larger than my Bass ! ! !   4 1/2 Lb.

Long Lake MN near Longville MN.

There was the camping at Mantrap Lake State Camp grounds.   There was even my 41" Muskie.  Two seconds after it took the rubber worm I knew the fight was on! 10 lb test line.  I need a bigger net!  As you can see I  was still in shock when Kim took the picture.

Having gotten some of that kind of stuff behind us, we moved the plane to it's new home.  Dick trying to cool down.  99 degree day.  Aug 2nd 2008   One wing panel waits it's turn to go into the hangar while the other gets hung from the rafters.

Same plane different builder.

  One wing panel attached.  Dick's Weed hopper in the background.

Dick hard at work.  Second wing panel installed.  We have to give her a good once over and finish up some nuts and bolts items then we'll fire up the engine for the first time.

  Aug. 10th 2008, the first engine run up.

From the other side. Dick at the controls.

I got to hand prop the 503.

Still have to install the wing root gap seal panels.

CHT and EGT looked normal.  5,000 RPM static.  Only about 20 min of the two hours break in time so far.  More break in and taxi test to come. 

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