Too much Fun
Just returned from picking up #313 …. Way too much fun. I have made several trips out to YKM to pick up airplanes and have been lucky to have some of them be mine. This one seems the best so far. If I’m going to experience that childish restlessness I get when taking delivery on one of these beautiful things…I want to make it last. We installed a light-weight carbon fiber fuel belly tank and I could have flown home non-stop… but that is no fun. Some recommendations.
Enjoy the adventure… try to spend a couple of days there breaking in your engine and burning off your 10 hour interval for an oil change. Fly (San Juan Islands, Fly Lake Chelan to Stehekin and ride a bicycle to the world’s greatest bakery in town, John Day River?, Canyons North of Yakima, or just ask Brenda or Jon where that photogenic place they use for all the photo ops is and go there.) As an ex dealer, I have had three of these Carbon Cub iterations…they all feel slightly different. Get to know your plane, try to find any minor squawks, get the oil changed and then head home the long scenic route. Spending time at the motherland (CubCrafters) is always enjoyable, the folks and products are fantastic. Thanks CubCrafters!
Some quick photos from the way home:
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I stopped in St. Maries and St. Ignatiaus - both are just great fuel stops!! Safe flying and enjoy!! Hope to see you sometime soon.
Originally Posted by Centmont
