Danny,
Very pretty. Good job!
Great flying,
Bob Borger
On Wednesday, December 03, 2008, at 12:01PM, "danny shepherd"
<danny@mcwalterscafe.co.uk>
wrote:
>Well folks its finally happened.
> After six years of hard
>labour today at 11.20 G-c.e.r.i. at Caenarfon airport north wales UK.
>piloted by an officer and a gentleman, "Jeff Leeming" took off into that
>great blue yonder. Climbed to 4000ft carried out a stall. The left wing
>dropped quite sharply, but was easily controlled with with right rudder
>and gentle pull back on the stick. We'll have to fit stall strips during
>the testing period. To my amazement every thing worked perfectly!!!!
>Total time for the flight was 25 minutes. When we will get the full test
>complete due to the weather is any ones guess. The forecast for the next
>few weeks does not look too good. ( i blame santa ) But at least we're
>getting there. :-)
>I suppose at this juncture its time to thank a few people. Firstly it
>has to be my wife and two daughters, as I built c.e.r.i. on my own they
>gave me a lot of help, turning the wings / fitting the CM / and putting
>on the top etc. and spending a lot of money!!. Mind you for some unknown
>reason I couldn't get them to do any filling and sanding !!! The list
>could be quite long, but I'll keep it brief.
>Jeff Leeming and Arther Orchard (Mona flying club) John and Roger
>(Europa 04) Andy Draper and Nev Aires (formally Europa) Murray Flint
>(paint job) All at the LAA. And last but not least, all you lovely
>people on the Forum, without the help I received from you , this
>aircraft would never have flown. I've attached a pic of R.I.and Jeff in
>the hangar.
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>Danny G-c.e.r.i 912s tri gear
>P.s. Sorry Dave (Moore) but the Europa G**N does exist :-)
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