The chapter meeting that wasn’t to be

So, we were going to fly to our EAA Chapter’s meeting this afternoon…. Well, you should always get a briefing it seems. We were late getting started (when aren’t we? Dave Bertram says Beth dawdles, and he is 100% right), and we got caught by curious onlookers when we were pulling the plane out. Late, […]

Main Gear Pant Flight Testing

Well color us surprised. Not only did our first (second and third) flight sessions with the main gear pants go extremely well and without incident, she’s was very much (at least 10 knots) faster. Scott Swing was in town and flew my baby, and she ran like a scolded dog. If it weren’t so bumpy, […]

Main Gear Pants

Here you can see we’ve finally mounted and flown our main gear pants. They were worth it, near as we can tell right now, right about 10 kias.

Scott Swing comes to visit

We had Scott Swing from Velocity pay us a visit today, and what a treat! He looked our airplane over, made a few quick adjustments, and then closed everything back up and he went flying with Elizabeth. He said our plane flew very nicely and that all of it’s flight characteristics where good (2 person […]

[Picture Album] 2010 Airventure

I published our recap in the blog, but what I didn’t mention was that I was grossly remiss in taking pictures. Luckily our buddy Mark sent me a bunch of his that document some of the highlights (him flying N929X to the show, hanging out with him and Andy, and the Velocity BBQ). Here’s some […]

Orion V-Raptor Picture Album

Here are some pictures of the V-Raptor, a Velocity knock-off. It is actually really different than the Velocity, but the heritage is very clear. It’s longer and wider, has a swept canard and heavily rounded strake leading edge, “FireFly” style twin vertical stabilizer booms, a sturdier retractable gear system, and a completely redesigned elevator system to […]