[VIDEO] Velocity XL/FG N44VF & Vari EZE N47VE flight of 2

Ferrell Velocity N44VF and Parker Varieze n47VE depart Hogan Field (KHAO) as a flight of 2 canards, and make a low pass For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit […]

[VIDEO] Ferrell Velocity n44VF to HAO pancake breakfast

Ferrell Velocity n44VF lands at HAO Hogan Field (Butler County Regional) for the EAA 974 pancake breakfast and R/C Flying Circus airshow

Elizabeth Flies to Piqua

Another day, another 1.2 hours. Beth flew to Piqua today! She dropped in to see her parents, and let her dad see 44VF fly for the first time. Piqua (I17) is a sleepy little airport, but happens to be home of the Hartzell Propeller folks, and she created quite a stir, with the growl of […]

Elizabeth Does a Speed Run

Beth did our first hard-core speed and cross-country work yesterday, circling Dayton. I’m disappointed with the speeds, even with the rough paint, fit and finish, and no wheel pants. We were only mustering 155-160 kts at about 2500 RPM (and 20 gallons an hour). So, we were definitely at full throttle, but she just can’t […]

N44VF and VariEZ N47VE Flight of 2 (KHAO Flying Circus)

Beth did our flutter testing yesterday, with some help from the nice folks at Dayton approach, and checked N44VF up to 205kts IAS! Next we’ll be doing some high-speed runs in level flight to see what she tops out (in her primer-covered, no pants incarnation). Also of note, we took her to the pancake breakfast […]

Elizabeth Logs Nearly 8 Hours of Flight Testing

Well, this is turning out to be quite the week. I told Elizabeth we had 21 days to fly 21 hours off so we can fly to Jersey for Labor Day weekend, and she got religion! Well, part of it was I realized we had more hours than actual testing to do, so I told […]