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Fire is out, all evacuation orders have been canceled. TFR is removed. Basically back to normal around here.Here is the ...
08/18/2026

Fire is out, all evacuation orders have been canceled. TFR is removed. Basically back to normal around here.

Here is the RF5-B stabilizer after shiny paint application.

07/19/2026

just got notified that Beagle Sky Ranch my home
airfield (OR-96) is now under a level 1 evacuation notice due to the fires.

07/17/2026

checked TFR this morning and they changed the border to where we are now just outside of the lines so no longer affected.

however, if anyone wants to fly into Beagle i would monitor both our frequency of 123.3 and the fire attack frequency of 118.3

fly safe everyone

so this is about 6 miles from us. fortunately the wind is blowing it away and not to us. however, they threw a tfr up at...
07/15/2026

so this is about 6 miles from us. fortunately the wind is blowing it away and not to us. however, they threw a tfr up at a 7 mile radius and we are just under the edge of that. they have a helicopter base set up just to our east about half mile away from the airstrip.

we took the blow up paint booth down and exposed the glider wing. next steps is to get the fuselage over to re-paint it ...
07/12/2026

we took the blow up paint booth down and exposed the glider wing. next steps is to get the fuselage over to re-paint it then assemble everything.

07/10/2026

Thanks to all offering parts for the 0-290. We have everything we need to put that engine back together.
—Brian

weighed the Pacer today.
07/10/2026

weighed the Pacer today.

Camshaft out of an 0-290-D2 installed on a Piper C**t. Care to guess what a new one cost?edit:close to 9 thousand is the...
07/09/2026

Camshaft out of an 0-290-D2 installed on a Piper C**t. Care to guess what a new one cost?
edit:
close to 9 thousand is the answer. I picked one up with 8130 for still too much at $2850.00

finished up the Sutton install on the Pacer
07/09/2026

finished up the Sutton install on the Pacer

Some photos of a Sutton exhaust system field approved on a PA-22-150. Have been working on and off on the Pacer for a co...
06/29/2026

Some photos of a Sutton exhaust system field approved on a PA-22-150. Have been working on and off on the Pacer for a couple years. Finally getting it finished off and back in the air.

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