Dave Bertram’s Velocity XLRG

Snatched from EAA1246 website in McKinney so we have it for Dave’s airplane… N350TX… Dave Bertram’s Velocity XLRG I am the proud owner of Velocity N350TX. I received my kit in November of 1999 and began the never ending job of building. As you all know you never seem to finish the project as there […]

Ground Power

One thing that decided to add was a ground power plug for charging the battery, jump-starting the engine, and/or running the (all-electric) avionics on the ground (such as for testing). I bought the standard 3-prong style plug from Aircraft Spruce with the hinged cover, and glassed it into the nose of the fuselage in front […]

Installing Control Stick Push-Tube Assembly

Time to hook up the elevators. This was a pretty straight-forward operation, all things considered, the only real wrinkle was getting the push-tube connected at the same time as our Strong Pitch Trim system. One end of the tube was drilled and and finished by the factory, with the other end needing to be cut, fitted with […]

2020 – N78BM – Barraza Marin- Velocity SE/RG – St. Petersburg FL – 0

Initial word is an aborted take-off with relatively new owner (and new paint job) Barraza Marin. ST. PETERSBURG — An experimental single-engine plane skidded off Runway 7 while attempting to take off from Albert Whitted Airport on Tuesday, authorities said. There were three people aboard the four-seater Velocity 173RG, said St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Lt. […]

2019 – N735D – Cabiroy – Velocity XL/RG – St. Cloud FL – 0

The current word is an engine problem on take-off, but that Steve and Susan will recover. Steve had an eariler overrun incident. ST. CLOUD, Fla. — A small plane was found in a field in the St. Cloud area Wednesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities say the plane is a Velocity XL-RG-5. […]

2018 – N101WV – Mission Hardware – Velocity SE/RG – Statesboro, GA – 0

Looks like this beautiful Velocity SE was destroyed on landing while transition training a new pilot near Savannah. Details are slim, but here is a news article about it. STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – Two people survived a fiery plane crash outside of Statesboro, Tuesday afternoon. It happened around 3 p.m. when a plane from Savannah […]