Nose Pant 2.0

Here we go again. Nose pants are notorious in Velocity circles for getting chucked off for various offenses. I can only hope we can spare this one. Jerry has set up the paint booth in his shop to paint the underside of N202VB, so he was kind enough to shoot this too. I’m hoping to […]

A Fox of a different Stripe

Apply our final design was the mother of all vinyl jobs, in fact we’re told that it’s one of the larger jobs Air Graphics has ever printed up. But in the end it was worth it, they worked out a great design with Elizabeth and provided everything we needed to get them applied. Thanks also to our […]

Nose Pants

Now that the main gear pants are on and test flown, we’re getting ready to install the nose pant. Unfortunately the nose pant is the cause of much concern in the Velocity community. It apparently is one of the leading causes, maybe the primary or only cause, of nose wheel shimmy. There are a variety […]

Vinyl Velocity Logos

We’re I’m applying our Velocity logos on the inside of our lower winglets. I got these from Designery online, but you can get them made at Fast Signs too. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam […]

Vinyl N Numbers Applied

We’re finally applying our n numbers. We’ve done an initial sand and buff on the wings so we can apply the numbers, though we may come back and do a more detailed job later. I got these temporary numbers at my local Fast Signs, though the permanent ones with come from AirGraphics. RTA Transfer/Decal Close-up Applied numbers

Speed Brake Cutout Peeling

Here’s the first bit of paint to come off of the airplane. I say the first to avoid the disappointment if it spreads outside of the speed brake cutout. Obviously a lot of oil from our nose leak dripped out this cut out and the whole area was very very messy. We cleaned it several […]