Strobe and Navigation Lighting

The Pilot side strobe has been installed and tested, it’s a Whelen PR/PG 600 system set for “comet flash”. The strobe pack is installed on the center spar, and there are quick-disconnects at the wing root.

Elizabeth’s Appendectomy

Well, I’m back to work now. Things hit a lull here this spring as circumstances conspired against me a little. Beth had an emergency appendectomy, just as she started a project to finish our basement. Soooo, I had to nurse her, and then spent a lot of time working in the basement while she healed […]

Avionics Installation

The first thing we did in the avionics section was to install the headset and microphone jacks in the keel for all four passengers. Since I’ll be flying with Bose headsets, and will be including a four place intercom with music and DVD entertainment for the rear seat passengers, I installed stereo headset jacks (be […]

Long-Range Fuel Tank Molds

Since we got a slightly smaller total fuel capacity than we expected in the strakes, we’ve elected to prepare supplemental fuel tanks. The strakes built with a baggage area are advertised as holding 35 gallons a side. However, we have found that ours hold just over 30. This could be due to slight differences in […]

2004 – N216MR – Rangan Spirangam – Velocity SE/FG – Boulder City, NV – 0

The airplane veered off the runway after landing and nosed over. After touchdown, the airplane’s nose landing gear began to shimmy with increasing magnitude. The pilot attempted to correct by applying elevator backpressure and raising the nose of the airplane. When the nose landing gear touched down on the runway again, the shimmy was […]

[Picture Album] 2008 Wedding/Elopement

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