MidWest Velocity Fly-in 2014

The MidWest Canard Fly-in was pretty much a rain-out this year, with 600-800′ ceilings and off of on showers, though Drew Chaplin (Cozy builder from Fort Wayne, In) and his crew did manage to fly in, but we had several local Velocity folks join us for breakfast. Of interest, though, you can see Hugh Dunn […]

First takeoff in N44VF

Elizabeth and I went flying together this weekend, and she let me handle the preflight, take-off, and about 45 minutes of flying from the right seat. We had a stationary front right over us, though, so there was a NOTAM for ‘moderate turbulence’ below 8,000′ and gusty winds, so I didn’t get any landings in. […]

Getting ready for Instrument Flight

I think I’m going to get my IFR ticket this year. My instructor Pete has talked with a local examiner about giving the check ride in our Velocity, and we’re good there. I’ve also started an IFR subscription to the Seattle Avonics data for the GRT HX we have in the airplane. Below are some screenshots, but […]

Transition Training Update 5

Signed off and home now. It was a great, but very busy week for us (Pete my instructor and I). We drove straight through on Sunday to get to Sebastian from Cincinnati by midnight, started ground school on Monday along with Pier (a potential Velocity buyer), flying twice on Monday, once on Tuesday (Pier was […]

Brett’s Factory Checkout

I blogged this too, but for folks that may not read that I’ll summarize here. I took the factory checkout from April 14 to 16, 2014. The course consisted of 5 hours of flight time and 3 hours of ground instruction. If you built the airplane, the ground school will be a bit dry, but […]

Transition Training Update 4

I’ve been in Sebastian since Monday morning, with Pete my flight instructor who was kind enough to share driving duties, working on transitioning into the Velocity with John in N94VA. We were also behind Pier, who was looking to buy Larry Coen’s SE/RG and fly in home. The flying had been good, and although I’d […]