I was in Phoenix, AZ for the week, stuck in meetings developing design standards for Synthetic Vision Systems and Enhanced Vision Systems.

I got to the EAA Chapter 538 monthly meeting Tuesday evening, where I ran into Mike P., who has a very nice RV-6 with a turbo-charged O-360. He bought the aircraft, but added the turbo after the original engine had a catastrophic failure. He offered to take me up for a flight, and we did just that late Thursday afternoon. The aircraft performs very well, but he really should get an oxygen system so he can take full advantage of the great tailwinds that are often present between 15,000 ft and 25,000 ft.

Thanks for the flight Mike!

Mike's aircraft has a very nice (and heavy) instrument panel and interior.


Strangely enough, his aircraft also has logo lights in the outboard ends of the horizontal stabilizers, shining on the side of the vertical tail (installed by the original builders, not Mike).


I didn't get flying this weekend, but hope to take a few hours off work Monday afternoon.