Maddox

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Six months later… I’m back in the air.

So, six months after my new years resolution to get back in the air, it finally happens.  I’ve been up twice in the past week.  I’m looking forward to getting some major time in over the next couple of months.  Our new plane has been here for a couple of weeks. I’ve only flown it a couple times, but that will soon change.  I took the family out to see it, and Maddox and Zeek love it.

RV-6a N144KL

Taxiing preparing to take off for my second flight in our RV-6a.

We ended up getting an Vans Aircraft RV-6a.  This plane was built in 2006, and I like a whole lot better than any of the other planes we looked into.  I feel a quite spoiled after flying this plane.  It cruses at 160 MPH on around 8.8 GPH and can go 200 MPH at around 11-12 GPH.  This means that Las Vegas is less than 2 hours away and requires less than $90 in fuel.

After flying this, I really don’t want to fly another plane.  Instead of a typical flight yolk it has a very sensitive flight stick.  The slightest motion equates to a very responsive change in direction.  It really reminds me of an airplane version of my 2006 BMW M Roadster; from the angle you sit in the plane to the physical connection you feel to the control of the aircraft.

This plane really opens up all of California to TMPros. It really does make the world a much smaller place.  I look forward to bringing our health IT experience to a much larger geographic area in the coming months.

 

 

Jimmy’s Birthday Party

My nephew Jimmy’s first birthday party was this weekend.  It’s actually what prompted me to revive MikeAndDanelle.com.  I setup a website for him and gave him a 7″ Android tablet to blog with.  I figured it wasn’t right to have a website for him, but not my family.

Maddox had a great time at the party.  It was the first time he had the opportunity to run around and play with multiple kids at the same time.  He’s definitely not a shy boy.  Surprisingly he didn’t stick to his motto of, “Hi, I’m Mad Mike, and I’m here to #!@# stuff up.”

It was kinda crazy to see all of these babies and young kids from my generation.  Apparently we’re all getting old and every decided to have kids at the same time.  The past 8 years I’ve been the youngest parent at school functions, and now I’m about the same age as other parents with kids the same age as Maddox.