Welcome to the Cozy Midnight website. I'll be documenting the construction of my experimental airplane called the Cozy Mark IV. Over the last four years, I've dreamed, thought, planned, prayed, and hoped of building a Cozy MkIV. Finally we're in a position to start. So let the journey begin...
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Chapters (On Left) Detailed notes and photographs by chapter. Shop Cam
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Favorites: Homemade Aviation Headset - How I made a Clarity Aloft style aviation headset. Cozy MkIV POH - Details and updates on the digital text editable copy of the POH. Gee Bee Pedal Plane - Photo of the pedal plane that I built my neighbor.
One of the more popular sections of my website and definitely the most build pictures available on the net.
I polished up Chapter 8. All the foam is covered with glass and is a complete structure, all the reinforcements and shoulder support for CH8 are done. The headrest were left off as I'll be diverting from the plans.
The web page is still few weeks behind. I'll get it up to date sooner or later.
I was just notified that I'll be transferred home at the end of April. I was originally told the end of June, but that changed suddenly. Nobody including my GM and VP seems to be interested in insuring that I have a job when I go home. So we're now in full moving mode and job searching all rolled up in this panic of an economy. Lovely.
With Chapter 8 finished, I'm putting the project on hold until we're home. It's liable to several months for it to be arrive. If things work out with a job, I may start working on the canard while waiting for the tub to arrive. If no job is found then it may be a long wait....
Rough River 2009
Sun, Oct 04 09 @ 09:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I had a blast at RR this year. What a change in my 3-year hiatus. The first three years went kind of like "oh you're Rick Maddy. There's Marc Zeitlin. Wow there's the StaggerEZ." Now, more than once when meeting someone the common response was “you're the guy that went to Australia!" Yep, that is me. It is like a big family reunion, only better. There is not that annoying cousin that nobody likes! Old Friends, new friends and lots of canard talk caused the day to go by way too fast. I am so looking forward to next year.
Amy & I started to fly down in a rented spamcan, but had to turn back to due to weather. Started out at 1500 ceiling, but soon drop down to 1,000 with around 7sm visibility. Ok, let’s see what's ahead. When that bright spot ahead of us turned into 500-foot ceilings and 1 mile, there was no decision to be made. It should have only been a 90-minute flight, but we turned around after 25 minutes. Our good mate Bruce was in from OZ so we were not going to miss this year. The plane was unloaded back into the car and off we go for the 5+ hour drive. It was so worth it.
Here are a few of the pics that I took this year. Nothing mind-blowing, but there are a couple good pictures in the group.
