Jim,
Well CONGRATULATIONS anyway! Sounds like you did very well.
Tried to find you on Facebook, but no luck.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL
Europa XS, Short Wing, Intercooled Rotax 914
rlborger@mac.com
Cel: 817-992-1117
On Nov 2, 2011, at 6:23 PM, jimpuglise@comcast.net wrote:
> My earlier posts must have failed because I had a photo attached. Sorry about
that! Pictures on Facebook.
>
> After almost eight years of construction, N283JL finally flew yesterday.
> Peter
Jeffers was the test pilot and he reported that it handled just as it should,
was very stable and well behaved. The number are:
>
> Empty Weight: 885 Lbs.
> Engine: Jabiru 3300
> Construction hours: 2,014 (to date)
> Cruise: 118 Kts @ 2,850
>
> Thanks need to go out to Bob and Russ at Flight Crafters, and Bud Yearly and
John Lawton for their help, as well as all the help we have received from the
people on this list. Peter has also been a lifesaver in helping finish the last
50% after I completed the first 95%. Without the help from him and Sue, we
would undoubtedly not have been able to finish it in the time frame we did.
>
> There is a great deal of concern in cooling the Jabiru. CHTs and oil temps
> were
all within specifications for the first flight. EGSs are a little high, but
other indicators tell us it is running a little lean, which we can address.
>
> The attached photo is Peter Jeffers and I just after the flight.
>
> Jim Puglise
> N283JL, Punta Gorda, FL
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