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From: Perry
Burford
Subject: Perry's
RV-7 Airborne
Date sent: Sat,
04 Oct 2008
RV-7 Kit # 72565 lifted off for the first time on Sept 10,
2008 at CYQG Windsor ON Canada (see pix) after 32 month build
program. In the words of Ron Holden, test pilot, "It
flies as advertised", straight & true and FAST. She
has a Superior IO-360 with the fixed pitch Sensenich prop and
the Dynon D100 EFIS and D120 EMS.
Many thanks to Van and staff for producing such a wonderfully
well engineered kit that anyone can build (I'm living proof)
and also to Ken, Joe, Bruce, Dale for their terrific Builder's
Assistance on the telephone. Thanks to my wife Jo-Ann and
family for all their encouragement, to Pete Marshall for all
his help and advise, to Gary Bauld my riveting partner and to
my son Robert for the expert wiring job. Building her was
great fun, flying her is SWEET!!!!
Perry Burford
[ pburford at sympatico.ca ]
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From: Brian
Von Bevern
To: webmaster@vansaircraft.com
Subject: RV-6
first flight
Date sent: Sat,
4 Oct 2008
Just wanted to let you know about another RV-6 first flight.
October 3, after 17 years and a couple of months of
construction (is that a record for a kit finished by the
original purchaser?) N41VB flew for the first time. About 2600
construction hours; VFR day/night (Van's gauges), electric
flaps and manual trim, O320-E2D (150hp), Catto 3-bladed prop,
1002 pounds empty. Transition training with Jan Bussell in
Florida, worth every penny and then some. 1500 AGL by the far
end of the departure runway; about 150 kts true with no
fairings. What a rush! Airframe and engine were flawless, but
I've still got some electrical problems to sort out.
I went to Oshkosh thinking I wanted a fabric covered biplane,
and came home with plans for an RV-6. Boy am I glad I did!
Thanks for everything.
Brian Von Bevern
(former) builder number 21583
[ bvonbevern at earthlink.net ]
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Subject: First
Flight
Date sent: Wed,
1 Oct 2008
From: Glass,
Steven T CTR USAF AFMC 478 AESW/XR
To: webmaster@vansaircraft.com
My RV-7A, N577SH took to the air for the first time on 17
Sep 08. I spent 1754 hours over five years to complete the
quick build kit. It has a Superior XP-360 turning a Sensenich
fixed pitch prop. The empty weight without fairings or pants
came in at 1074 lbs. I kept it very standard except for a left
hand throttle to go with the Infinity sticks for that
"fighter feel." The avionics include:
Dynon DEK-180 EFIS/EMS
Garmin SL-30 Nav/Comm
Garmin GTX-327 Transponder
Garmin 496 GPS
Plus a few steam gauge back-ups
It feels great to be flying at last. I owe a big thank you to
my son and
co-builder, Dave.
Steve is in the cockpit and
Dave is standing next to the
plane.
[ Steven.Glass at WPAFB.AF.MIL ]
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