Rich Slack
Category: General
Putting the Bees in my Hive
Last Saturday I was able to bring my bee packages home from Knight’s Honey. They used Bee-Bus packages this year which are made from recycled bags. They are very cool and you simply recycle them when you are done. Here…
Read MoreBeekeeping Classes Update
So I attended a two night beekeeping course that was given by Knight Family Honey. After attending the class I feel much more prepared to take on beekeeping. Their information was very informative. They taught us how to check the…
Read MoreBeekeeping and the FlowHive Revolution
I have been interested in beekeeping for a long time. A couple of years ago I purchased Beekeeping For Dummies and also enrolled in a community course at Utah Valley University. Unfortunately, I ended up not pursuing beekeeping that year…
Read MoreAirplane Parts Wall
All of the airplane parts come in small baggies so we have organized them and stapled them onto our wall. We just slit the bag open and take out the ones we need and the remaining parts remain organized on…
Read MoreThe Airplane Shipment has Arrived
The parts to the Rans S-20 Raven arrived at the West Desert Airport on Wednesday February 24th. I was in Las Vegas at a director conference for my company when it arrived. The boys and I went and saw the…
Read MoreFlight to Bryce Canyon My Coolest Location Ever (with Videos)
On November 30, 2013 I had planned a flight to Moab, Dead Horse Point and the Arches with my Brother Tyler. When it was time to go I got a weather briefing that said that area was all fogged in….
Read MoreThe Decision to Build my Own Plane
When I was young my older brother Jason loved airplanes. My mom found out about an older man who was building an airplane in his garage. My mom arranged a visit and we got to go tour his garage. He…
Read MoreGetting my Shop In Order
Up to this point in my life I haven’t really needed my garage to be a shop. But in preparation to build an airplane in the garage I am turning my garage into a shop. First thing I needed was…
Read MoreMy First Passenger
My second oldest son Eli was my first passenger in June of 2012. He was 6 years old at the time. He has an older brother but he was a little nervous and decided not to come with us. We…
Read MoreAirplanes and Me
When I was 16 I had a friend named Scott who had earned his pilot’s license. Scott would often take me flying with him. We would drive down to what was then called Airport number 2, now South Valley Regional…
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