We had a cute chase plane: Peter Van Schalckwyk flying his home built Waiex, member EAA 1114
We had a motivated test pilot : Stephen Merrit, member EAA 1114
My wife, Michele, Dan Kagan RV-12 builder, member EAA 1114, Rick Penke the airport A&P shop owner/manager with his crew and myself were among the bystanders enjoying the show.
It was a perfect flight and the plane lived up to its reputation, easy to fly and solid as a rock.
... and the good news: nothing to rework, the plane is flying straight and level, no wedge on the rudder, no pinching of the flapperons, what more could I ask for? Yes flying N124BX myself which will happen next week after Steve is done with the fly-off period of 5 hours.
Preparing to leave:
At runway 23 Threshold
Way to go , Steve!
Landing after a 30 minutes flight
"Solid as a rock" is the diagnostic of Steve Merritt, the test pilot
Here is a more detailed debriefing that Steve gave us on the spot:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzXL9s0_bVi9WXVrZUQ3bVZZTEk/edit?usp=sharing
Great job Steve! (but I thought he would never get off my plane!)
Another one! Congratulations and have fun.
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Ah, Joeri, you beat me to it :-). Congratulations, Jean-Pierre! So good to see she turned out great!!!
ReplyDeleteAlmost there Torsten, come on! ;-)
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