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Rick Beebe

Rick Beebe
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Rick Beebe learned to fly in his late 30s and is an active member of EAA Chapter 27 and served as newsletter editor for 10 years before starting his current stretch as secretary. He served on the EAA Board of Directors for 15 years. After flying a beautifully restored 1974 Piper Warrior for 10 years, he bought this GlaStar and has enjoyed being able to do his own maintenance and, as you can see, upgrading it!

Thoughts on My Glass Panel

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Things I like, things I don’t and things I’d do differently.

Diary of a Panel Upgrade, Part 2

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Finding the finish line in this Garmin G3X Touch upgrade.

Diary of a Panel Upgrade Part 1

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It usually takes about 8 flying hours to get from Oshkosh to my home airport. The year it took 10 days to get the...

In Case You Missed It

How Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?

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(Or how to build a Zenith CH 750 in just 11 years)

Your Head, Your Heart, Your Hands and the Truth

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Three chords and the truth. That’s how songwriter Harlan Howard, who, with Hank Cochran,...

Wind Tunnel

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Fixed gear or retractable gear? Barnaby Wainfan examines the physics behind this longstanding design question.

25th Anniversary: The Glasair-Lancair Wars

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The origins of Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft precede Lancair Aircraft by a few years, but once Lancair entered the game, competition was not only fierce but also productive; by Marc Cook.