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Old 11-21-2011, 07:43 AM
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Thumbs up N619KB takes flight!

After 13+ years of on/off building, N619KB took off for it's first flight on Sunday, November 20th @ 9am. The flight lasted for about 28 minutes and everything functioned as expected with no issues to report. It was was a joy to fly, smooth, and appears not to pull to either side. Landing was a breeze.

I want to specially thank my friend Marv Scott (Tech counselor, Tech Advisor, all around guru) for his help and encouragement to finish the project and all the members of EAA chapter 326 with their support and harassment to motivate me on.

Special thanks to my wife and kids who supported me all these years.

I'll post more specifics on the flight later today. The entire flight was well documented. I had a Drift HD camera in the cockpit recording video/audio (you get to hear me talk to myself ), inflight video from the chase plane, and video from the ground on the takeoff and landing. I'll post a mix of those later after I've had a chance to process them and figure out how to put them up on youtube.

Videos added: 11/28/11
I'm having difficulty uploading my cockpit video taken from my Drift HD due to it's size into Picasa, so i'll try setting up a youtube account and try that..stayed tuned. Below are the first takeoff/landing videos that my wife took with her camera.

Takeoff Video:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1063816...31666084009394

Landing Video:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1063816...35080192709986

RV grin:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1063816...17243704535042
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Last edited by Mike S : 11-28-2011 at 12:15 PM. Reason: Added actual photo of the grin.
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Old 11-21-2011, 07:51 AM
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Congrats!

Motivation for me to get going on this!

Cheers,
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Old 11-21-2011, 08:13 AM
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Great job Kevin. I know the feeling. I just flew my RV-6 14+ year project a few weeks ago.

Wishing you a safe and uneventful phase 1.
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Old 11-21-2011, 08:26 AM
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Thumbs up Well done!

All the best to you Kevin and happy Phase One!
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Old 11-21-2011, 08:56 AM
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Default Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent
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Old 11-21-2011, 09:14 AM
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Default Congrats!

The next journey begins! Congratulations on your new baby!
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Old 11-21-2011, 09:29 AM
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Congratulations Kevin. Getting ready to do the same. Have fun!
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Old 11-21-2011, 09:35 AM
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Let's see some pictures
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Old 11-21-2011, 09:37 AM
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Good going, Kevin!

Let the grins begin>>>
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:13 PM
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Congrats Kevin, Sunday was an awesome day for a flight.
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