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blahphish 06-17-2012 06:34 PM

First Flight!
 
Success! Flies straight, fast, and simply amazing. I've done 5 more flights since the first one and loving every minute of it. :D Thank you, Pierre, for doing the first test flight!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyY8NkAAFU8&hd=1


Photo credit Keith Ward

gnuse 06-17-2012 06:38 PM

Congratulations!

9A0 is not that far away, come visit.

Mike S 06-17-2012 06:55 PM

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Congratulations for the both of you:D

Glad to hear all is going well.

Methinks maybe another front page photo there;)

rockwoodrv9 06-17-2012 07:09 PM

Those are some of the biggest grins I have seen. Nice job and have fun flying the heck out of your plane.

panhandler1956 06-17-2012 07:34 PM

Cool!
 
That is so cool how you guys built the airplane as a team - really neat!
Great video!

Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment!

Vlad 06-17-2012 07:52 PM

Nice video! Congratulations!

Stalldog 06-17-2012 08:09 PM

Watched the video -- simply amazing. You know, I'm 61 years old, and I can't imagine what the two of you will be able to accomplish by the time you're my age! Congratulations to you both!

Wesael 06-17-2012 08:12 PM

Congrats!!!
 
Hey man join the crowd! Have fun testing. :D

Mark Burns 06-17-2012 08:33 PM

Nice!
 
Great Video!
Congratulations!
You guys did a great job and it looks like you had a lot of fun together while building!

I'm looking forward to some travel stories.

Mark

ppilotmike 06-17-2012 08:46 PM

Love it!
 
Great Job you guys! I liked the video and, like others, look forward to seeing those trip write-ups. Congratulations!

Phil 06-17-2012 09:47 PM

Jealous.... Come help me knock mine out! I'm in the home stretch! At your speed, we could be doing mine in 2 weeks!

Congrats on the first flight. Stay safe and take your time.

Awesome news!
Phil

Strasnuts 06-17-2012 09:51 PM

NICE
 
Really good video of the building highlights with the first flight.
Well done!

DaAV8R 06-17-2012 10:26 PM

Congratulations
 
The enormity of your accomplishment is not lost on those of us still building. It is pretty amazing that a couple of young folks (kids :)) could knock out a -10. A big congrats to you two.

pierre smith 06-18-2012 04:24 AM

Quite an accomplishment!
 
This is the first -10 that I've done a test flight on and man, with only the pilot's seat, no interior or paint, it's a rocketship!

Brian and Brandi built the entire wiring harness as well...quite a feat and everything worked well, the Dual Dynons very bright and easily readable.

At my age, we' re not easily impressed but this one did it!

A big congrats for sure....and it may just see Osh ...THIS YEAR!

Best,

TS Flightlines 06-18-2012 05:38 AM

All I can say is WOW! Congrats guys. Very proud of you!
Tom

bill@fusion4.net 06-18-2012 06:19 AM

5 flights already.
 
Wow! 5 flights in 2 days you will have no problem getting your 40 hr before Oshkosh!.

Really enjoyed watching the first (3) flights.

Got my left door trimed and on its hinges last night!

vic syracuse 06-18-2012 06:21 AM

Congratulations! Well done, on both the build and the first flights! Lots more memories to come, for sure. :)

Vic

Gary 40274 06-18-2012 07:28 AM

Congratulations
 
It was fun watching you two fly through this project. I doubted your time schedule at times but you did it. Fly safe, have fun. By the time I get there we can fly together somwhere.

Gary Specketer

Radar's dad 06-18-2012 08:16 AM

Accomplishment
 
Wow, to be so young and have already reached the 4th level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Watch out World!
Congratulations. Watching the first flight was thrilling. Watching you two along the way was very rewarding.

-Bill & Radar

Mike S 06-18-2012 08:27 AM

Welcome to VAF!!!!
 
Bill, welcome to VAF:D

Good to have you here.

SteinAir 06-18-2012 08:58 AM

Congratulations and well done! Enjoy the plane and we'll see you at OSH one of these years in your own RV!

Cheers,
Stein

KiloWhiskey1 06-18-2012 09:15 AM

The Dynamic Duo!
 
Congratulations Brian and Brandi!

In these days of prefabbed panels, made to order interiors, and all sorts of other available good help, the TWO of you built N42BU "old school" and tackled everything on your own. The panel is amazing, and the custom interior looks awesome. I am very proud of you both!

You are an amazing couple!

Keith

PS: FINALLY, some photo credit!

Aerosport1 06-18-2012 09:31 AM

Congratulations! Now its time to fly baby fly. Get those hours burned off and
enjoy the ride.

Geoff

RV8Squaz 06-18-2012 10:37 AM

Congratulations Brian and Brandi. That is awesome! Great job. You might have those 40 hours flown off in time for the Old Rhinebeck trip this weekend at the rate you' re going! I'm looking fwd to you flying with us here at FFC.

JERRY
RV-8 N84JE
Flying since 2007 640 hours

milt1492 06-18-2012 12:05 PM

Awesome!
 
Glad to see it finally happened! Way to go. Now the fun really starts.

I've been following along for a little while now and I am amazed by the speed and progress from you two. Truly inspiring!!!

flion 06-18-2012 12:35 PM

I'm jealous!

... but, congratulations! :) Now, reap the rewards of your effort and travel in that baby!

paul330 06-18-2012 12:41 PM

What else is there to add - nice job!

Azemon 06-18-2012 05:59 PM

AHHHHHHHHIGHT!!!!
 
Congrats!!!

Allan Bartlett 06-19-2012 05:39 PM

Awesome
 
I've following your guy's progress for the past year. What an accomplishment. I'm deciding if I wanna pull the trigger on a project like this with no real technical building skills at all, but it looks like so much fun.

Congrats again on getting that bird airworthy.

Kram 06-29-2012 10:24 AM

Congratulations to both of you !! That was quick.


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