Magazine: Velocity Views – 2000

Velocity Views – 2000 V21 – Q1 2000 Download Machados Join Swings at Factory, SUV Update, Gap seal, Service Center opens V22 – Q2 2000 Download Service Center, Brazilian Wings, Frank Ware, Ken Swertfeger Accident V23 – Q3 2000 Download Mark and Nancy Riley at Sun-n-Fun, XL NACA ducts, Mulrooney V8 V24 – Q4 2000 […]

1999 – N242JP – Damien Olivieri – Velocity SE/RG – Richmond, VA – 0

The pilot reported that 2 to 3 minutes after takeoff, the cockpit filled with thick smoke that smelled of burning oil, and the engine oil temperature registered above the upper limit. The pilot turned the airplane back for the departure airport and configured the airplane for landing. No corresponding increase in thrust was realized from […]

1999 – N627KB – Ken Swertfeger – Velocity SE/FG – Murfreesboro, TN – 1

The pilot was on approach for landing when the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power, and crashed during a forced landing. Examination of the airframe and engine assembly revealed no evidence of a precrash mechanical failure or malfunction. Visual inspection of the spark plugs revealed very black and sooty. Fuel was present in […]

Texas Air Aces – KDWH

Before I was a student pilot, there was Texas Air Aces… As I mention in the “About Brett” section here, I’d always imagined myself as a fighter pilot, and was a member of ROTC at the University of Cincinnati for a couple of years until I was disqualified medically. After that, I set my dreams […]

1999 – N137V – Raymond Flade – Velocity SE/FG – Santa Monica, CA – 0

The pilot was on a return flight back to the airport, and after obtaining the ATIS, he made a right traffic pattern for runway 21. ATIS reported winds at 240 degrees and 12 knots. The pilot said that during the landing sequence just as the landing gear were about to touchdown, there was a strong […]

1999 Velocity Ad – Dynamic Wing Company

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