[Picture Album] 2006 Airventure

Another Airventure is in the books. Of course I haven’t done any work in the past 10 days because of it, but it was great. Of interest were the Velocity Twin (model) and Turbo, and the Stagger EZ (not a Velocity, but very cool). Also check out the Velocitys that flew in below, I didn’t get […]

2006 – N992PC – Unknown – Velocity XL/RG – Modesto, CA – 0

Gear up landing. On July 11, 2006, about 1133 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Velocity 173/RG-XL, N992PC, had a landing gear collapse during a hard landing at Modesto City Airport, Modesto, California. The pilot/owner/builder was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; […]

[VIDEO] Taxi Test 1

Here’s a quick video of our first taxi test. 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 corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in […]

2006 – N289AE – Antontio Espinal – Velocity XL/RG – Millbrook, NY – 0

Apparently the jet was brought to idle on final, and once the pilot realized he was below the glideslope, could not get the engine to spool quickly enough to make the runway Antonio mentioned that he traded off precious air speed in order to climb and clear trees on the approach. Once clear of […]

2006 – N732RA – Raytheon – Velocity XL/RG – Pearce, AZ – 1

Unexplained crash. The airplane departed controlled cruise flight, completed two descending 360-degree turns, and collided with desert terrain. The purpose of the accident flight was for the pilot to execute a 3-hour flight test mission following a predetermined test plan that he had created. The plan prescribed that he would perform a series of maneuvers […]

2006 – ZU-DAR – Jannie Versfeld – Cozy – Port Alfred, South Africa – 0

Jannie Versfeld just posted to Marc’s list about his crash after installing wheel pants on his plane. To this point, he had no problems flying and landing his Cozy, and the wheel pants had fit properly on the ground, with adequate (1/2″) clearance around the tires. On a bumpy touchdown, the left wheel spun up […]