Air Prayer

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know I used to sprinkle a lot more content on theology and Christ in general.  My bad.  I should add more.  However, I’m going to leave theology and teaching to the pros.   I’m a deacon and as such I don’t teach on theological matters.  My ministry is a practical one.  So I will start trying to add more practical, hands-on ways to show people you belong to Christ.

Here is one way I demonstrated Christ’s love in a very practical way.  I work downtown and there are a LOT of homeless and drug addicted people that hang out down here.   On Tuesday a older woman  (obviously from one of the above categories) walked up to me and asked for money to buy some food because she was having a diabetic reaction.  I didn’t give her any money.  But I did walk with her to a local cafe and asked her to order whatever she thought she needed to help with her “diabetic reaction.”  She ordered a bannana nut muffin.  That’s all she wanted.  So I paid for her and told her that Christ had provided for her this morning and to be sure and thank Him.

“Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” – Matthew 25:40

I’ve walked past people ignoring their needs for far too long.  Praise God that He gave me someone to minister to.

Well, aside from the economy that is. EAA has come out with some great resources for homebuilders that were not available when I was building my RV-4. Not only are the kits easier to put together but the resources are wonderful. EAA is now hosting a website for homebuilders with informative videos. Everything from AN hardware basics to hose fabrication, nicopress fitting fabrication, propeller repair, tube and fabric tips, and wood and composite construction tips. Here is a detailed video on changing oil filters:

For more of these great videos click here: Hints for Homebuilders

I found a cool website, http://ourairports.com It allows you to mark all the airports you’ve flown to on a google map. It also allows you to enter comments about the airports you visit both as a pilot and as a passenger. Here are the airports I’ve entered so far:

We received some bad news today.  A good friend was the victim of a crime.  Some bad guys tried to steal the motor from his Cessna 150.  They carefully removed the cowling and set it aside.  They then took a sawzall and started cutting the engine mounts.  The goal was to have the engine off in 10 minutes.  However, they got sloppy.  They were using a Coleman lantern for light and accidentally cut one of the airplane’s fuel lines.  The fuel splattered on the lantern and what follows is all that is left of my friend’s plane.

Remnats of the Coleman lantern in the above photo.

Notice how the cowling was removed and set aside in the above two photos.

You can see in the photo above where they cut through the engine mounts.

The propeller had finger prints on it and has been taken by the Oakdale Fire Arson squad to check for finger prints or any else that may lead to the bad guys that did this.

This occured some time in the early morning hours.  No one noticed the fire.  It had burned itself out by the time the wreckage was discovered.  This is a great reason to insure your airplanes folks.  Thank goodness this one was insured too.

Our hearts go out to you Chris.

My navigation lights showed up today.  They are combination navigation lights and strobes.  The navigation lights are needed for night flight.  The strobes are needed any time the engine is running.  I bought them through a group buy discount over at the Rans Clan website.  They are nice!  Of course I can’t receive something in the mail and then just put it on the shelf for when I need it later.  I have to take it out of the box and play with it.

I grabbed my trusty bench 12V power supply and connected it to the power leads of the nav light portion of the units.

Let there be light

Let there be green and white light

The green light goes on the right wing of the airplane with the white light facing toward the rear of the airplane.  This white light built into the unit negates the need for a white navigation light on the tail of the plane.

Let there be red light too

Here is a video I took of the units while they were flashing: