Congrats Al!
Now you will be finding out what a great plane you've been building all
this time. I still get amazed how easy it flies and handles every time
I take her up. Prepare to be impressed and smile a lot.
Regards,
Jeff
A258 N128LJ / Gold Rush
On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:32 PM, AlStills wrote:
>
> A note to all that N625AZ flew for the first time Tues 11/28/06. At
> 10:34 AM
> local from KGEU (Glendale Ariz) at the extermely capable hands of
> Bob Lindsay. First take off was approx 500 ft, climb was normal. Bob
> took
> the plane to 3500 ft over the airport and flew for 45 mins before
> landing
> to a highly excited builder. All flight was normal, the Jabiru engine
> ran
> flawlessly. The plane flew straight and level with no trim imputs at
> all.
> Stalls
> were straight and level with no bad tendencies.
> At 4:00 PM the plane flew for it's second flight of about 30 mins to
> expand
> the flight envelope a little with 60Deg bank and 2 G turns. All was
> normal
> and successful. Tomorrow I'll take up with Bob and fly myself for the
> first
> time. (If I can get any sleep tonight).
>
> Al Stills
> N625AZ
>
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