2008 Incident Flight

Emergency Landing in Otisco, IN Saturday 27 September, 2008 Incident Newspaper picture The Brady song goes, “This is a story, of a lovely lady….”, and so this is, one who delivered us from great violence in a difficult environment. Many of you know that I’ve been collecting accident data on my website for some time, […]

2008 – N44VF – Brett Ferrell – Velocity XL/FG – Otisco, IN – 0

My own little bit of infamy… In flight from Cincinnati (I68 to the CSA Canard Flyin at Rough River (2I3), N44VF experienced a catastrophic oil line failure necessitating a forced landing on Highway 3 in Otisco, Indiana. The landing was uneventful aside from a wing strike from a reflector post on the copilot wing moving […]

Second Flight of N44VF

Our Second Flight took place on Thursday March 13, 2008 at Lebanon/Warren County Airport (I68) with our test pilot Dave Bertram at the controls. Conditions were 59 degrees, 42% humidity (dewpoint 32 degrees), barometer setting 29.79″ and sunny with winds 12 kts out of 260 degrees with gusts to 14 kts. At our elevation of […]

[Picture Album] First Flight of N44VF

First Flight Picture Album Doug Bailey, our lineman, chasing Dave and N44VF with a fire bottle and axe… 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 […]

First Flight of N44VF

A good friend of mine is fond of saying Shazam when something exciting happens. Shazam indeed. Our first flight happened this evening with Dave Bertram at the helm. I wish I could describe the wrenching self-doubt I experienced as he taxied to the end of the runway, or the elation of watching him lift off […]