Words of Freedom at CC #38.
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15 year Air Force veteran, mother of two, and student pilot Jamie Boyer personally endorses the message of freedom on one of our older Flycorvair shirts.
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I coined the phrase in 1999, for a particular woman, but the shirt proved very popular with men who shared the experience , even though most of them were not Corvair builders. Grace was wearing one at Oshkosh 2003 when Burt Rutan stopped her and gave her his home address so we could mail him one.
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Pilots who have the support of their better half find the slogan to have odd grammar and wording. Conversely, those who have moved past chapters in life find the words christal clear.
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Nate Maier’s 3,000 cc Sonex engine runs at CC #38
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The featured engine today is the 3,000 cc Corvair for his Sonex. I laid down its first test run today. It fired right up and ran perfect during the full break in run.
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Above , a short film of the engine running at 2,200 rpm.
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Mike Weaver’s Piet at CC 38.
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Featured run of the day; 2700 cc with Weseman bearing, all gold systems and a very detailed installation.
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Mike Weavers uncovered Pietenpol air camper at Corvair College 38. This was the first time the engine ever started. After 3 seconds of cranking it fired right off and then ran great.
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First engine of College #38
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Below is the running 2700 cc Corvair of Jim Boyer, destined to power his Piet. It was the first engine to run at college #38.
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Above, the quality sport planes hangar in Cloverdale CA, they are Zeniths west coast dealer . This is the third college we have held there. 2016 marks our 13th year of working with the Heintz family, we have held 7 Colleges at their shops, participated in more than ten open houses, and displayed planes in their booth at both Oshkosh and Sun n Fun since 2004. Over the years more than 100 Corvair powered Zeniths have flown, and we have about twice that number of active builders who are learning to be experts on their own engines, progressing toward their own day in the sun .
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Headed to CC#38, Cloverdale
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Today Woody and I are packing for CC 38.
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Above, Woody’s 2,850 cc 601XL-B. As of yesterday, it had 499.3 hours on the Hobbs.
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In Northern California
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After a long productive stay at Chino, I have packed up and driven 500 miles north to prep for Corvair College #38.
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I took the coastal route out of LA for the first time in 24 years. I got to know Malibu in 1982, when is still had elements of the world that inspired Brian Wilson, In 1992, they were faded thoughts. As I drove through on Saturday afternoon, there was nothing detectable left, and perhaps no one left to care about it either.
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Things got better by the Ventura County line, Oxnard had changed little, but Santa Barbara looked overbuilt, and I made a good decision to take the very steep route 154 over the coastal mountains and travel inland to a more desolate part of the state.
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154 leads into Los Padres National Forrest, and from there you can hook up with 101 again and run 160 miles north to Salinas, through rolling golden hills , broken only by vineyards and little farm towns. The contrast to Malibu was astounding, it was hard to picture them on the same planet far less in the same state. It was pretty enough that I stopped at a quiet rest area at mile marker 256 at sunset, in a few hours there were a billion stars out, and I camped out right there, enjoying a solitary night that brought back a lot of what I love about the most geographically diverse state in the nation. 5 am brought first light, and I drove on to Vacaville to meet Woody Harris, the local host of CC 38.
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Above, Woody stand with his grandson at the historical NutTree airport in Vacaville. CC 38 is two hours north at Cloverdale. Woody is holding the Cherry Grove Trophy, which he was awarded last year at CC 35. His grandson is experiencing at lot of success racing karts on road race tracks. He is a very sharp kid, but some of it may be attributable to his Grandfather having ‘car jobs’ like heading up McLarens North American efforts. Sometimes it isn’t who you know, but who loves you.
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Above, sunrise on 101, near Bradley.
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