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Bye-Bye Grob, Hello DG-300

DG-300
Well, it was painful but I sold my G-102 to a fellow pilot in Clermont, and upgraded to a new DG-300 Elan. I’ve made some upgrades (all new Cambridge Avionics), and have a few more in mind (gear warning indicator, winglets, and maybe more depending on the budget. I’ve got my eye on setting some altitude, distance, and speed records for Florida this spring.

Just like my Grob, I could not find a DG-300 polar for WinPilot, so i made my own. Feel free to download the polar here: DG-300.plr. This is not an official polar, use at your own risk (i.e. don’t blame me if you fly into a mountain or land out in a swamp.)

More about the DG-300 Elan at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DG-300
I’ve got to get myself a scale model of it from here.

Too bad my landing sucked ’cause I’m so exhausted… and hard to feel the joy I should have when Sixouie and Leo are gone.

Kind of Quiet

Things will be kind of quiet for awhile. I lost my best friends: Leo, one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever had Siouxie, one of the most loyal good-hearted dogs ever.

Don’t you hate it when you walk into a room and say a friend’s name, and then realize they are not around to hear it ever again? :( The house is so emtpy I can hardly stand it. I want my friends back.

Wave Rider

Capricorn
Nothing like taking a break from it all spending a weekend at Discovery Cove diving a coral reef, floating around in the water, and swimming with the dolphins. This huge 700 pound fellow is named Capricorn.

Twice the Fun

Sport 2 135
Sport 2 135
Twice the fun! I traded up from a single surface Falcon 2 170 and now am flying a dual surface Sport 2 135. She’s a feisty little thing, but I’m getting used to her. You won’t catch me giving up flying my sailplane, though!

Back to School

Harvard
It’s back to school time for me. I’m working on a Master’s of Liberal Arts in Information Technology with a concentration in Software Engineering from Harvard.

This should keep me busy, since I’m still a working full-time engineer. Whee!

U.K. Gallery

England 2006
I’ve added a photo gallery with the “best of” pics for my April ’06 trip to the U.K. Check it out! It was a wonderful trip. I fell in love with England, from the Cotswolds countryside to the hills of the Lake District, and the bustle of London. I plan to go back as often as I can.

Finished Degree

Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
And now for a shameless tooting of my own horn…it’s official, I completed my Software Engineering degree program Summa Cum Laude (4.0)! I will never ever ever again work full-time and carry a 22 hour course load. Yech!