At 9.00am this morning my RV-12 took to the air for the first time flown by the senior recreational aviation instructor at our local flying club. I must say I was very emotional when she arrived back on the ground after an hour of testing in the air. The only problems was a need for very slight rigging adjustments (roll and yaw )
I took a video of the take off and landing but found it very hard to hold the camera still, especially zooming down the runway. The loud noise on landing is not the RV-12 it is a jet in the background.
I think the best part of the video is right it the end when you see the test pilot's RV grin. The youtube link is below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKT1vWyIt4
I took a video of the take off and landing but found it very hard to hold the camera still, especially zooming down the runway. The loud noise on landing is not the RV-12 it is a jet in the background.
I think the best part of the video is right it the end when you see the test pilot's RV grin. The youtube link is below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKT1vWyIt4