2016 – N735D – Steve Cabiroy – Velocity XL/RG – WEST POINT, VA – 0

Apparently Steve was practicing max weight departure anate, and then could not stop on the aborted takeoff, running off the departure end of the runway. (he would later have a more serious accident in Florida). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News |

2016 – PH-FUT – Unknown – Velocity SE/RG – La Playa de Las Teresitas, Tenerife – 0

Forced landing on the beach at Tenerife. All three passengers on board – a man, woman and 14-year-old teenager – walked away from the crash with injuries. They are believed to be of French/ Belgian nationality, while one report has identified the pilot as British. Arriving at the scene, emergency services had to cut through […]

[VIDEO] The Riley’s visit Cincinnati

Mark and Nancy Riley flew their beautiful XL/RG Velocity in to visit us this weekend from Philly… in 2 hours. That’s the way to travel. Here they’re departing on the Dawn Patrol, with weather moving in they needed to get out early… oh, and they flew into KMGY as our runway was getting some patches […]

2016 – N916TC – Mohamed Nasr – Velocity XL/RG – Sebastian, FL – 0

Apparently Mohamed and his son were on-board and departing for Airventure in Oshkosh when the engine lost power and they went through trees on the departure end of the runway at Sebastian/the Factory. Luckily both were Ok. A small plane crashed Saturday morning on the Sebastian Municipal Airport property The plane crashed on the airport […]

Oshkosh 2016

We’re packing up and getting ready to head north for Airventure. We’re going to try to have the airplane on “Velocity Row” (I think it’s called it “Heavy Parking” on the EAA map) and flyers at the airplane and in the Velocity booth, so look for us.

N44VF Sold

Airventure 2018 is in the can. Our new partners Reiff and Steve flew the Fox to Airventure for the first time, relatively uneventfully (the airport was closed early, and then overrun with arrivals due to weather), and got a prime parking spot on “Velocity Row”, or as the EAA calls it “heavy homebuilt parking”. We’re […]