REFLECTOR: Second First Flight Today

Mark Magee edjonesbrady at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 08:59:11 CDT 2013


Bravo Zulu

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> Four years ago, I had my first flight on March 28th, which ended up in a
> cornfield due to an engine out.
>
> Today, I had my second first flight.  I've been battling a list of
> squawks, and finally got most of them ironed out.  I made two flights
> today, with the first one cut short because of high CHT's. I landed and
> discovered a disconnected colling duct to the plenum. I fixed that, and
> went for a second flight.  I cut that one short because I thought the smell
> of smoke was getting stronger.  I think there's some RTV and other
> materials that are just outgassing, and will make odors until they are good
> and baked.  After that flight, I was just too tired to go up again, and
> called it a day.
>
> I still have some issues to address, but the important thing is that now I
> can actually begin working the flight tests.  I think I'll change my sig to
> test pilot now.
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