Hello guys

I spend 10 days in Redmond/OR debugging and getting the plane squawk free as possible, Fibercraft (Matthew Collier) were absolutely the best shop I ever worked with, true professionals, clean shop, organized, really impressive.

I was flying my ass off LOL I had 3 CFII's to work with, it was a superb experience. And after 3 troubled free flights we decided to go home with my new bird.

Well, I am back in Florida with my new plane (n45HL, see http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N45HL) and the flight was long LOL

But we encountered a real emergency, it started because of the AC quit on take off (it is getting too hot, so we have to fix this) and my windows got a bit fogged up at level 210 (and yes I was with a very competent pilot, he flew F15, and is still an active South West Airlines Captain and owes a RV7) .….so cleaning the window with a paper towel I accidentally switch off the door seal.

Well I was prepared to fly at the higher level (I had my mask plugged in and only needed to open the bottle) and my co-pilot pushed the plane over to go lower. He talked to ATC,  and after I explained him what happened we were up with the pressurization again and could climb again back to level 230.

This was a GREAT experience, no kidding, it wasn't that bad as I thought it would be, just be prepared mentally. But…the first thing on my agenda is of course replacing this switch with a switch that cannot be switched that easily.

Some data: We had a mean crosswind of about 60kts, plane was doing 250kts/LOP/16.5GPH/29MAP/2500RPM. CHT=378(hottest), TIT=1637)

Happy flying — Ronald, Cirrus sr22 (1100hours), Velocity TXL5 (260 hours), Lancair 4p (32 hours and counting….)