REFLECTOR: N19VA

Jack Prock jackprock at wavecable.com
Fri Mar 4 17:15:32 CST 2011


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It must feel wonderful to finally have an airplane instead of a bunch of
parts.

Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard J. Gentil" <richard at naples-air-center.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 3:07 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: N19VA


> Well it took a little over 7 years to complete the SERG. She went for her
first flight today. I was not planning on flying today but I did have a plan
for if the test did not go as planned and I ended up flying.
>
> It was supposed to be a quick hop down the runway but when the plane broke
ground I was 20 feet in the air and with the wind, the plane veered to a 45
degree angle relative to the runway. At this point I had used up more then
half the runway and I had to make the decision to go to full power and keep
flying.
>
> I spent the next 30 minutes flying over the airport at 3,000 feet doing
all the checks we had planned for my first flight and logged all the
pressures and temperatures of the engine.
>
> The landing was smooth and when I got out, still had my heart in my
throat, hands shaking and my knees were a little wobbly.
>
> My wife did manage to film the landing on her iPhone. If the video is any
good I will post it.
>
> Richard
>
> Sent from my iPhone 4
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