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Clive,
It's amazing sometimes how the wheels of government work. I'm glad you at
least now have your permit.
Sounds like you are having a fantastic trip around the world!! Send us a f
ew pics if you can. Have a joyous holiday. Where will you be celebrating
New Year's eve?
Bear
-----Original Message-----
From: Clive james <zcrj90@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Mon, Dec 23, 2013 1:44 am
Subject: Re: Lightning-List: XS Lightning and the next Newsletter
Hi folks, talk of new aircraft reminds me I finally got the permit for my
Esqual, unbeknown to me it was issued back in July, the LAA, bless them for
got to mention it and I finally received it a few weeks ago. Sort of took t
he joy out of it. Was actually within 10 years of kit receipt though!
Thanks again for all the help and encouragement from many people, too many
to mention but you know who you are, I am humbled by the assistance. Not fl
own the plane though as currently 1/2 way round the world on our round the
world trip.
In a Technam P2008 in New Zealand today went like this ( oh, behind a Rotax
)....
Another good day, left New Plymouth and followed West coast up to Raglan, s
trip on river estuary with small town behind. Bridge over the river had kid
s jumping off after daring each other. Flight to East coast was at 7500' bu
t eventually at 1000 ' to land at Waihi Beach. Cloud base over sea was soli
d 800' and cliffs/hills up to 1000. Found a gap to get to coast. Made a few
calls and cavok to the North, 20 mind of scud running to blue sky at Whiti
anga where we are now. House plots available on the airfield....
On 23 Dec 2013, at 10:51, "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt@AOL.COM> wrote:
Buz,
You are so very right that rushing the first flight for 320XS would be coun
terproductive. A good and safe flight is what I am sure everyone is hopein
g for. I will be seeing you all at Sebring, likely only on Saturday. If y
ou need some assistance, I will help out with the newsletter since I have a
lready volunteered to take it over after this next one. I have one more se
mester left to complete my Master's of Science in Aviation - Aviation Safet
y from Florida Tech. So, I will complete the degree in early May of 2014.
My jet is almost ready to get back in the air and I hope to fly it to Sebri
ng. The electronics were powered up again this past week and everything se
ems to be working sans a broken autopilot disconnect switch. I already hav
e a replacement and will be doing the Dynon calibrations tomorrow and Tuesd
ay, then connecting up the fuel lines and getting the engine started again
after a long time sitting in the hangar. I think one of the first articles
I will write will be the saga of replacing the center carry through spar s
ection all by yourself.
It will be great to see you and the rest of the Arion crew in Sebring in a
couple of weeks.
Regards,
Dennis W. Wilt, Aviation Consultant
Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Subject Matter Expert
Program and Project Management
757-784-8113
N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)
-----Original Message-----
From: N1BZRich <N1BZRich@AOL.COM>
Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 4:40 pm
Subject: Lightning-List: XS Lightning and the next Newsletter
Hello Everyone and Happy Hollidays,
I previously promised that the next Lightning Newsletter (and my last one)
would be out in December and would cover the October Lightning Homecoming a
nd Fly-In plus a flight test report on the new O-32O 160 HP Lightning. The
next issue is pretty much ready to be published except to one thing
=93 the new 60 HP XS Lightning is not quite ready for flight. Due to a ver
y busy schedule and other development delays beyond Arion=99s control
, and of course the Holidays, the new XS Lightning will now probably fly du
ring the first full week of January 2014.
Remember this is not just another Lightning first flight. It is more like
the prototype Lightning=99s first flight back in 2006. I=99m s
ure most of you realize this new XS Lightning represents a major change fro
m the existing Lightnings, therefore much additional development work has b
een required to get it ready for the initial flight. The XS represents a h
uge change in Arion=99s Lightning aircraft line up of products, so it
=99s initial flight requires extra caution and numerous systems check
s to insure a successful first flight. Obviously everything firewall forwa
rd it totally different, to include a new cowling and air cooling system, n
ew oil and fuel systems, as well as new landing gear and cockpit engine con
trols. The entire Lightning crew, Nick, Mark, Mike and Jason, have worked
tirelessly to make this a successful new Lightning aircraft, so to rush the
first flight at this time would be counterproductive. I=99m sure ev
eryone agrees.
As Nick said in his last email update on the XS, =9CLook for a flight
review and Sebring LSA expo report in the next news letter.=9D The
key words being flight review; not just a report that the first flight has
been completed =93 that will be reported in an email. Like the compl
ete flight test report that I wrote for the prototype Lightning back in 200
6, I plan to do the same for the XS using a flight test plan like we did wh
en we tested new aircraft or weapons in the USAF. Hopefully I=99ll b
e able to get that done prior to Sebring, then my plans are to be at Sebrin
g with the Arion crew to help where I can. I really enjoyed flying the LS-
1 in the demonstration pattern last year.
At this time, my expectation is to have the next Lightning Newsletter publi
shed by late January 2014. Later than we planned, but it should bring ever
yone up to date through the upcoming Sebring Light Sport Expo that is sched
uled from 16 =93 19 January. I hope to see many of the Lightning com
munity at Sebring. It is a fun fly-in and gives us pilots that live furthe
r north a chance to defrost and hopefully enjoy some Florida sun before Sun
-N-Fun. See you there.
Blue Skies & Merry Christmas,
Buz Rich
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