7/26/02
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Here I am as I strap in and work up the nerve to go fly the plane I have spent 3 year building. 7/26/02 these photos are courtesy of Keith Williams |
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The engine stated up just fine as usual and after a few checks, I taxi out to the runway. 7/26/02 |
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And like a rocket I am off in just a few hundred feet. Climbing like a home sick angel, I am several hundred feet up before I am a thousand feet down the runway. 7/26/02 |
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The tower lets me climb to 4000' feet while staying close to the airport. I did some slow flight and a few dutch rolls to get a feel for coordinating the turns. Tried out the flaps to see how they affected the handling. I checked out the airspeed indicator to see where the stall speed was. I then came back in for a landing. While I did land safely, it was not my most graceful landing and I thumped in kinda hard but the Sonex landing gear held up just fine. 7/26/02 |
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Back at the hangar several of the EAA Chapter 33 members were there to congratulate me. This is the Chapter Young Eagle Coordinator and friend John Anderson. 7/26/02 |
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It took a long time for this grin to wear off. It also took me a few minutes to get my "land legs" back so I could get out of the cockpit. 7/26/02 |
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Here are a few more
of my friends from the Chapter, Larry Wood and Terry Scherman. Keith Williams
is the guy behind the camera. I would like to thank everyone in the Chapter
as well as the Sonex and Jabiru Email lists for the help, support and camaraderie
I have received as I have worked on this project and I look forward to may
more years of flying, fellowship and fun with everyone. 7/26/02 |
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