REFLECTOR: Leaving the Nest

[Douglas Holub]

I did a lot of slooooow flying. It was cheaper.
----- 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, April 20, 2012 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Leaving the Nest


> Michael,
>
> I'm down to one hour to go on my restriction. (which I will use to fly to 
> the factory for them to give the SERG a good once over for me.)
>
> My home base is Naples, KAPF. My box I was given was Everglades City X01, 
> Okeechobee KOBE, Charlotte County KPGD. If I fly that route ending in 
> Naples again it is 230nm. Makes for a pretty respectable box.
>
> I had a discussion before the box was issued to me and we went over 
> options. It paid off well with a good amount of airspace to cover each 
> trip.
>
> I must admit I stayed for the first 15 hours running the coastline by the 
> airport doing one hour hops, land, spend a week or more (longest one was 
> three months work) working on the Velo between flights.
>
> After 15 hours I had accomplished everything I wanted on my test flight 
> schedule I had put together and from then on it has been 2.5 hour hops up 
> at 8,500 feet enjoying the cool air over the rural Florida scenery.
>
> Richard
>
> Sent from my iPhone 4 Classic
>
> On Apr 20, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Mike Dawson <medawson250 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 75 miles? The Feds give you more than a 50 mile radius? Lucky you.
>>
>> Michael E Dawson
>> ATCI CFII
>>
>>
>> On Apr 20, 2012, at 10:54 AM, "David Ullman" <ullman at robustdecisions.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The Volta Volare effort is out of Portland OR.  I got in touch with the 
>>> main
>>> man, Paul Peterson.  He will be in Corvallis (where I am) tomorrow and 
>>> we
>>> will meet then for me to get more details.  If we miss tomorrow, which 
>>> we
>>> might -  see below, then I will see him at the Café Electric Airplane
>>> Symposium next week which we are both attending.
>>>
>>> The reason that I might miss meeting Paul is that the weather is better 
>>> so I
>>> can fly off some more hours.  I got my transponder certified yesterday. 
>>> The
>>> today went out this AM and shot landings.  Prior flights were high and 
>>> fast
>>> using most of CVOs 5000 ft.  Today I got the speed under co9ntrol and 
>>> was
>>> doing touch and goes and easily coming to full stop in 2500ft.  The 
>>> plane
>>> handles easily on final and  am over the numbers at 85kts.  I think with 
>>> the
>>> vortex generators I can get to 80kts.  We will see.  Just very happy to 
>>> be
>>> able to land in a reasonable distance and getting a comfortable feel for 
>>> the
>>> plane.
>>>
>>> Next flight I will leave gliding distance from CVO and fly to another 75
>>> miles away.  My palms sweat thinking about it.
>>>
>>> David Ullman
>>> N-444DX Velocity
>>> EAA 292 President
>>> david at davidullman.com
>>> 541-754-3609
>>> 1655 NW Hillcrest Dr
>>> Corvallis OR 97330
>>>
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