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From Midland Michigan

Devoted to Aviation, the EAA & Midland's own EAA Chapter 1093

Amateur Radio, Photography, Astronomy, And...A whole bunch of other "Stuff"

Taking the middle road, or being able to see all points of view is considered an advantage.
However, instead of serving as the voice of reason it usually makes you the focal point for anger from both sides and adds to the difficulty of making decisions.

Keep track of the Mt St. Helens Volcano via the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Volcano Cam.

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All pages and photos Copyright Roger Halstead 1996... 2013 K8RI (Unique international radio call sign identifier, March 1978 to 2011)

Page(s) Last Updated 10:20 AM EDT - 27, July 2013, ( 14:20 Z 27 July 2013)

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In memory of a cat who thought he was a people
Photos of the Sun and Moon	Aviation and Science Links	Current interests and Hobbies
Weather for the Midwest &Aviation The Climate and Global Warming	PROJECT Rebuilding the "Old Style AC" PST-61 rotator Updated 03/03/2013 minor changes Building a dirt base for a small tower. Updated 03/03/13 Building an Adapter Plate to fit a Yaesu Thrust Bearing to a ROHN 25G Accessory Shelf.	Project Tube Photos HL-1.5Kfx Amp Photos HT-33B Rebuild Photos Henry 2002A Photos
My Ham History Last update 02/10/2013 Installing a Ground System Heat Shrink tubing in connectors and splices In Memory of John (WD8RXP) and his Mid Michigan Skyhook	My Tower Project Last update 05/08/2012 Getting the coax from the tower to the house and shop Making Connectors for 3/4 & 1/2 inch Aluminum Hard Line	Midland Amateur Radio Club My AV-640 and Guests ( Or Bugs in the Antenna) Gratiot County Wind Farm Photos
Visit The National Rifle Association Join and help protect our 2 nd ammendment rights	Flowers Around Our Yard Daylillys Bees and Blossoms - 136K and 113K JPGs	Friends of the Pere Marquette Rail Trail Mid-Michigan's Bicycle Club, the Tri-City Cyclists
The Saginaw News	Experimental Aircraft Association Home Page In Memory of Jack Yoder Jack with his Cuda & GP-4 "Cotton Candy"	The League of Michigan Bicyclists Check out their Michigan Bicycle Tours.
A listing of My Pages	Scanning slides (A Tutorial)	My Glasair III Diary(Frames) Glasair III Kit SOLD
	Aircraft Photos
Pictures of and from N833R A Frosty Morning in the Hangar A fall color tour in 33Romeo	Silent Sentry An Orion P3 at Sunset	The ME262 A Plane Before it's Time
Antique Attitude indicators	A Smoki'n Pair of F-104s Beauty in Motion	Fire Two 1024 X 768 Images
A T-6 and a bit of nostalgia	The One-of-A-Kind Myers OTW Takes flight after restoration	B24s A Salute From a Survivor
A B25 at Sunset Photos of theEAA's Ford Tri-motor Visit to Midland MI 198 Photos: Links to 168 larger versions	Aviation Stories First Flights Not All Airplanes are Created Equal (Nor are their pilots) What Goes Around	Misc. Amateur Radio Related Links
	Smoky The Cat
Smoky and his buddy, Cassie at play	Smoky and the Christmas Tree	Our Christmas Cat (Rhyme)
Streak! Our new cat More Streak! Streak, The Laughing Cat And...Still more Streak.	Streak Looking for Lunch

Roughing it is traveling in a Motor Home without Satellite TV

Links
Aviation Links		BLANK		Science Links		BLANK

Assorted Weather Links

Aviation Weather Charts

WeatherTap

UNISYS
US VFR MVFR

UNISIS
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Chart

Great Lakes
Latest Satellite

Super Cooled Water &
Possible Icing Conditions

The
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UCAR/NCAR
Real Time
Weather Data

ADDS
Aviation Digital Data Service

Midland Barstow Airport
AWOS KIKW Conditions

Current Conditions and Links for the Weather Underground

Note the links are located under the weather icons as some browsers see them as pop-ups which disables the image alt tag.

Midland MI

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Traverse City, MI

Oshkosh WI

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Current interests & Hobbies: :

I was flying "The oldest Beech Debonair", but after flying it for 20 years, I've finally hung it up and Thirty Three Romeo has a new owner and home. It was built in September 1959. (It's the oldest of its type listed by the FAA with a S# of CD-2 ) (Instrument rated Private Pilot)
I've been building an airplane. The Glasair III which is a two seat, 335 MPH aerobatic hotrod powered by a 300 HP K1A5 IO-540 Lycoming Engine. I currently have over 1300 hours in the construction and it's finally beginning to look like an airplane. Unfortunately health has put a stop to the work, so the entire kit, plus engine (300 HP Lycombing K1A5 IO-540), prop (Hartzel 3 blade) and all fixtures were sold. With nearly all fixtures on wheels, it omly took a few hours to loas into a 26 foot truck. Of coure that was the hottest day of the year with a heat index of 107 "In Michigan!"
I'm also into Photography (Juried shows and one National Cover) ,
Amateur Astronomy (past treasurer of the Sunset Astronomical Society), Here too, I'm having to make some changes. I used to put tke big Mead LX-10 (with mount and tripod) on my shoulders and just carry it out in the yard. TheLX-10 is for sale and will be replaced by a 6 or 7" Refractor with a "go to" drive.
Amateur Radio (call is K8RI--Extra Class) -- Past President and Vice President of the Midland Amateur Radio Club, past repeater trustee on 147.00 MHz, and Life Member of the American Radio Relay League ( ARRL ) The national association for Amateur Radio.
play Guitar-- Well... play at it
Writing (published -- never could spell though)
I was also quite active (and successful) in competetive trap shooting, but that was a long time ago. (1970's)
quite a bit of reading (mostly sci-fi), and...

Computers. I build my own and they have gone through many incarnations over the years. I've upgraded one to an AMD FX 8350 (8core @4.4 GHz) 16 Gig of ( 4 X 4 GB)DDR3 2400 RAM. and a R7970 Black edition video card. I'm nearly finished on a second one using the AMD 4170 quad core CPU @ 4.2 GHz and similarly configured. I have the parts to do one more 8350 and 2 4170s.. They are on a one Gig CAT6 network
I was also an active volunteer and past Computer Chairman working for the EAA Homebuilders Center and the AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh for quite a few years.

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What is the EAA?

It'd take a paper to list all the attirbutes of the EAA, but
The Experimental Aircraft Association, simply known as the EAA, is a world recognized organization of aircraft designers, builders, test pilots, people who love to fly, and those who are just plain interested in aviation.

For one week every year The EAA holds the World's largest fly-in at Oshkosh Wisconsin. Although officially renamed AirVenture, to those of us who regularly make the trip it will always be referred to as Oshkosh! For that one week Whitman Field at Oshkosh becomes the busiest airport in the world. For the week of AirVenture, Whitman Field has more movements per day than Chicago's O'Hare Airport and they do it with just two active runways and during daylight hours only. It's not unusual to see as many as 25 airplanes in the pattern at one time.

You will find aircraft from all over the world including the latest military offerings as well as the seeds of future aircraft for decades to come.
There may be as many as 12,000 aircraft attending the fly-in with both civilian and military aircraft represented from around the world.

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Personal Information

Who am I?

What do I do for Work?

Motto:!

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

"They're wrong"! It's "lack of ambition (or money)", not necessity, thatis the mother of invention!

The American Dream exists ONLY in the heart and mind and can be achieved only with Ambition and Imagination!

Questions and Observations!

How many people do you know that will spend fifteen dollars, to drive twenty miles, to save two dollars on a five dollar item?

People will spend thousands to save hundreds? Governments will spend Billions to save Millions! OK, now I have to update this because they spend Billion to save millions. Don't blame them -- They're us!

Of course you could get out and vote, take back the government, get rid of the progressives on both sides of the aisle, Remember that subsidies are more habbit forming than smoking because once you take them you become dependent on them.

All these mottoes and observations and I don't even have a bumper sticker!

A Listing of My Pages
Our Christmas Cat (Rhyme)
First Flights (Story)
My Glasair III Diary (Story/Builders Diary)
Science Links
Pictures of and From 833R (Pictures of the oldest production Beech Debonair -- Built in 1959)
Who Am I ( Short Autobiography)
What Do I Do? ( Very short description )

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From Midland Michigan

Devoted to Aviation, the EAA & Midland's own EAA Chapter 1093

Amateur Radio, Photography, Astronomy, And...A whole bunch of other "Stuff"

Keep track of the Mt St. Helens Volcano via the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Volcano Cam.

In memory of a cat who thought he was a people

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