Congratulations to Captain John on his first flight!

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Congratulations to Captain John on his first flight!

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Captain John had his first flight of his RV-7 yesterday! Congrats!

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The RV Grin!
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CJ, I'm a bit worried about your attire here....you've been hanging out with the Canadiens too much - you're wearing 2/3 of a Canadian Tuxedo!
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Woo Hoo!

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Congratulations brotha!

Really happy for you.

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Congratulations!!!!
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Saweet!!!! So happy for you CEEJAY! Big time RV grins for ya! 8) 8)
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Congrats to you. Very exciting I'm sure.
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Very Nice!!! Congratulations!!!

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Post by Vlad »

Now I know why Machineman was landing at Plymouth on Sunday afternoon. I happened to be in the air in the vicinity of Boston. Congratulations Captain!


Here is the brief history of the build :lol:



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Congrats!

It's certainly an ego boost to fly an aircraft that you built.

Enjoy!

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Wow this is ridiculously awesome.

Congrats CJ!! It has been awesome to walk with you through this journey. You are tenacious!

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How awesome is that??? Wicked awesome! Way to go CJ!
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Awesome CJ! Great job!
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Post by captain_john »

Thanks guys!

It has been quite a journey.

I have some minor squawks like dialing back my prop governor and trimming the #2 cylinder head baffle. I also have a heavy left wing that I need to deal with.

Getting the radios to work as I want will take some saddle time. I need to get the sidetones at the same volume and tune out some occasional interference.

The Baja Designs landing lights are incredible! Thanks for the tip Mikey!

VPX works REMARKABLY WELL!!! Chad, that is an endorsement.

The Mattituck/Eci engine is GREAT!

Thanks to all of you and the people here at my airport that helped me through the process like Billy and Speedpants!

The real excitement is only beginning!

:) CJ
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Post by captain_john »

As my CFII always said as we were cleaning up the airplane and making our way off the runway:

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That is stuck to the inside of my tip up canopy to look at at each shut down.

8) CJ
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captain_john wrote: That is stuck to the inside of my tip up canopy to look at at each shut down.
CJ - It appears as if the sticker isn't applied straight and level. Were you drinking when you applied it??? :beer: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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TOTALLY!

In fact I was surrounded by drunks! Wait... you were one of them!

:lol: CJ
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Contrast CJ!!! 8) Enjoy all your hard work. Keep us posted on phase one.
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Congrats, and enjoy the flying!
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And you get to have company along for the Phase 1?

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Post by speedpants »

Great....that should swell his head just big enough for the canopy not to close! :wink:
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Post by captain_john »

Lol...

Speedpants, your noggin barely fit as it is!

...and that was witout a headset on!

:lol: CJ
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