At long last, the plane is done! When we started back in May of 2017, we had no idea it would be almost three years before we’d have a finished plane. https://www.wherearesueandmike.com/2017/05/say-want-evolution Now we’ll be flying again! Our new tail number is N867ET (in pilot speak: November Eight Six Seven Echo Tango), because we have an 867 horsepower Evolution Turbine. Woohoo!
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- A lot of blood, sweat and tears. Delayed parts and yada yada yada. But it’s done now!
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- We love the build shop, Flight Metrics. Although we participated, they did the vast majority of the building of the plane.
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- Mike listening intently to the instructor pilot for the day’s detailed flight plan.
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- Our cockpit is completely different. We now have Garmin Avionics, and a new learning curve as well.
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- I’m modeling the latest in oxygen masks from Mountain High Aviation. We have a pressurized cabin, but carry them for emergencies.
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- Mike and Sean VanHatten, our instructor pilot, doing an official socially distant handshake upon successful completion of training.
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- We met Sean’s lovely wife, Jodi Rueger, a commerical and stunt pilot herself. Sean proposed by having her flip the airplane upside down with a ring tied to a string on his parachute, so it flew up to eye level when they hung upside down!
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- We celebrated with totally unhealthy and usually forbidden Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mike did a great job on the studying and training.
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- A glorious day of flying, for which we are incredibly grateful. Gorgeous sunset flight over the Oregon coast.
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- Mike broke into poetry – reciting High Flight verbatim ❤️ in the air.
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- Captain Raney and the new bird!
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- Pilot and co-pilot are thrilled to be flying again!
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