---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 08/09/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:20 AM - Re: RV-9 First flight (Jack Sargeant) 2. 05:50 AM - Re: RV-9 First flight (Bret Smith) 3. 10:01 AM - Re: RV-9 First flight (Tom Callender) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:20:37 AM PST US From: "Jack Sargeant" Subject: RE: RV9-List: RV-9 First flight MessageCongratulations Bill. Reports such as yours inspire me, and I'll need plenty of inspiration before I'm done. My tail kit arrived just yesterday. I finished the inventory last night, and today I'll call Van's for the two missing parts. Jack Sargeant 1127 Patricia St. Wichita, KS 67208-2642 316/683-5268 -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Bill Repucci Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:32 PM To: rv9-list@matronics.com Subject: RV9-List: RV-9 First flight It dawned on me that some of you might not read the VAF forum. Just incase you missed it, my first flight was this past Sunday. All went well and the airplane handles GREAT! Radomir Zaric took some great photos and posted them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/n777ty/FirstFlightN941WR I finally reduced the first takeoff and landing videos to a reasonable size. My wife took these with our Canon PowerShot SD600, nothing fancy but it worked: Take off: http://www.repucci.com/bill/basement/first_flight.wmv Landing: http://www.repucci.com/bill/first%20flight/the_first_landing.wmv That landing video really gives you an idea how much the RV-9 likes to float Bill ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:50:46 AM PST US From: "Bret Smith" Subject: Re: RV9-List: RV-9 First flight MessageBill, Nice videos...Congrats again. I really like Nora's critique of your first landing... Bret Bret Smith RV-9A "Fuselage" Blue Ridge, GA www.FlightInnovations.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Repucci To: rv9-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: RV9-List: RV-9 First flight It dawned on me that some of you might not read the VAF forum. Just incase you missed it, my first flight was this past Sunday. All went well and the airplane handles GREAT! Radomir Zaric took some great photos and posted them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/n777ty/FirstFlightN941WR I finally reduced the first takeoff and landing videos to a reasonable size. My wife took these with our Canon PowerShot SD600, nothing fancy but it worked: Take off: http://www.repucci.com/bill/basement/first_flight.wmv Landing: http://www.repucci.com/bill/first%20flight/the_first_landing.wmv That landing video really gives you an idea how much the RV-9 likes to float Bill ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:01:37 AM PST US From: "Tom Callender" Subject: Re: RV9-List: RV-9 First flight MessageCongrats Bill, good job. Nice pictures. Good to see another "9" fly. Tom C RV9 (60%, 70% to go) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.