Elizabeth Gets Signed Off

Congratulations are in order, as Elizabeth has gotten her factory sign-off, and is thereby qualified to fly the Velocity! Way to go, Sweetie! Now we just need to get some decent weather for a couple of days, and Dave up here. Another hour or so of flying by him, and a little transition with Beth […]

Elizabeth Gets Factory Transition

Since Elizabeth already has here PPL, she’s in Sebastian this week getting factory transition training with John Abrahms. Look for a full report, and hopefully some nice pictures and video soon. Once she gets back, we’ll try to get Dave back to do a bit of test flying, and transition Beth into our plane (the […]

EFIS Programming Project

While we’re waiting for good weather to get our test flight program fired up in earnst (with Dave flying at least a couple of more hours), I’m looking to get my PPL finally with a new instructor, and I’ve started a new project. It’s a EFIS (PFD) project, just because it interests me. We’ll see […]

GRT Sport Installed

I’ve installed our backup flight display (PFD). It’s a Grand Rapids Avionics Sport, and you can see the installation pictures here. A big thanks to my buddy Carlos (building an Aerocanard/Cozy) for helping me get it in a hurry, and answering all of my questions.

First Flight Recap

I’m working out some stats and interesting details from our first flight. Here is a google map image of the first flight pattern (only the first few minutes got saved on the EFIS, sdaly). N44VF 1st Flight Box – I68 The stray mark off to the south west is my house. And here is a spreadsheet with the EFIS […]

Preparing for Second Flight

Our test pilot is up and about after his knee surgery, and suggested that we bring the ship to Dallas to test and transition ourselves into her, so we’re working with the FAA to get a ferry permit and new test flight box down there. In the meantime, I’ve ordered a GRT Sport EFIS as […]