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07-13-2014, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Ramon, CA
Posts: 402
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First Flight

After ten years and some 3800 logged building hours, my RV 8 flew today. Barry Weber, an experienced test pilot at the controls. The flight generally went very well. The airframe flew essentially hands off. The engine was a little rough at lower RPM's and I have some work to do to get the EFIS parameters set correctly.
Flight was about an hour. I was in an RV7 chase plane and got some good photos.
Looks like several days work to get through all the squawks. However, it did fly and flew well. I am pumped.
Thank you to everyone on this forum. I would have never gotten here without you.
Regards,
Michael Wynn
RV8 Flying
San Ramon, CA
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Michael Wynn
RV8 Phase II
Livermore, CA
2017 Dues Paid
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07-13-2014, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ottawa, Ks
Posts: 2,188
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Congrats on a successful first flight!
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RV 7 400 hours and counting
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07-13-2014, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Laguna Hills, CA
Posts: 1,805
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Way to go, Michael! Your RV looks wonderful. 
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Doug
RV-9A "slider"
Flew to Osh in 2017, 2018 & 2019! 
Tail number N427DK
Donation made for 2020
You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky -- Amelia Earhart
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07-13-2014, 11:28 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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Congratulations!!
Michael, congrats on bumping the Hobbs up another notch.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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07-14-2014, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Posts: 554
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Well done, i took all 40 hours to run through my list.
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Paul 'Bugsy' Gardetto, Col, USAF (ret)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Timmerman Field)
N377KG - Flying (250 hrs)
RV-7A, Aerosport O-360, WW200RV
Advanced Flight 5400
Avidyne IFD440
Paint by planeschemer.com
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07-14-2014, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Pembrokeshire, UK
Posts: 224
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Congratulations Michael don't worry too much about the minor issues - at least now they are related to flying and not building  I had quite a few but slowly but surely they get ticked off - then the real FUN starts and after 2+ years (175 hrs) my grin is as big as ever  - Enjoy the fruits!
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Bob Ellis
www.rv-8.co.uk
G-JBTR Having a ball flying this wonderful machine
Donation July 2016
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07-14-2014, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chesterfield, MO
Posts: 29
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Congrats Michael! Looks like a beautiful day to be in the air!
Jennifer, NationAir
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07-14-2014, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Posts: 110
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First Flight
Superb Michael!
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Tim Bennett
RV7a
135
Polished aluminum
Painted wheelpants and fairings
Still have not developed a liking for fibreglass
2014 dues paid
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07-14-2014, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Seattle
Posts: 1,412
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And it looks great too!
You will be so pleased when you put on the gear fairings & wheel pants!
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Scott Emery
http://gallery.eaa326.org/v/members/semery/
EAA 668340, chapter 326 & IAC chapter 67
RV-8 N89SE first flight 12/26/2013
Yak55M, and the wife has an RV-4
There is nothing-absolute nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing around with Aeroplanes
(with apologies to Ratty)
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07-15-2014, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Posts: 88
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Congrats Michael. You are giving me hope 
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RV-8 Super Slow Build
First RV project in Saudi Arabia
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