Today we were at the Air France fly-in at Saint-Yan.This is the airfiel wre I began my pilot instruction. A familiar sight at flight return.

I hav a few flight hours on the Nord 262 NS.

On the ground and in the air there were some stunning planes. I think in total 80 planes attended.

Queuing up for departure before the storm.

So today we flew for 2h26mn, saw a very nice airshow and got some sunburn despite UV protection.

This saturday, we held a small fly-in at Nangis with three local and four visiting RVs.

We had 4 RV-8, 2 RV-7 and 1 RV-7A. Talks were animated especially for those still building.

2 RV-8, one Saphir and one Pipistrelle Virus, the two latter belonging to two builders.

2 RV-8, 1 RV-7 and 1 RV-7A, there is one RV-7 missing.

After having repaired and reinstalled the baffle, it(s time for a check flight. After some rain delay the flight was made under a big sun and the landscape is gorgeous with all the blooming rape fields.

No problem with the plane, more flights are now possible.

As I was about to finish the inspection, I notices there was a crack on the rear baffle supporting the oil cooler. This problem is known and I had tried to anticipate it by installing a steel brace (see here). It seems it was not enough.

The crack is the thin vertical line near the nutplate on the right.

The part is off the engine. The crack is on the smaller side on the right. Now, on to the repair.

The part is now repaired, I riveted a reinforcing angle.

Today we made a small flight with Sabine to get the oil warm for the oil change. We visited Seine-et-Marne and took a nice picture of Fontainebleau castle.

We the performed the oil change and as the engine was uncowled, I learned how th measure the compression. Rémy, a RV-8 builder was my teacher. As the engine is quasi new, the compressions are on the  mark.

Sabine also got to help with maintenance.