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richvetterli(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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On March 11, 2004 I started building my Corvair Powered Zenith 601XL. Today, N56DV took it's first flight. Whoo-hoo!!! I shouldn't have been surprised by the heavy left wing, as I've been reading about it for years, but it was heavier than I expected on takeoff, needing full aileron trim. Otherwise, no major issues. Now, 39 1/2 more phase 1 hours to go. Thanks go out to the Corvair and Zenith building communities. I've made many friends over the past six years and each and every one of them helped me along the way. Special thanks to Woody Harris, Rick Lindstrom, William Wynne and Doug Dugger. Pictures and video to follow.
Rich Vetterli
N56DV
601XLB/Corvair
Pleasanton, CA
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steve.freeman(at)syntaxds
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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Congratulations Rich! You can be very proud! Fly safe and keep the dirty
side down.
Thank you,
Steve Freeman
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jeffrey_davidson(at)earth
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:37 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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Richard,
Congratulations! It is a very special thing to fly the airplane you built.
Jeff Davidson
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jlatimer1(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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Rich,
Congratulations!!!! Now the fun begins. The to-do list will get longer fast.
Jerry
601HDS, 912, 26 hrs into phase I
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tigerrick(at)mindspring.c
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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Sorry about the compression used, it's 14 year old video technology trying to talk to this new fangled YouTube thingie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lod20DIknA
Enjoy! It's just the first one...
Rick
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:44 am Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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A BIG congrats to you for a huge milestone in your life. It will take weeks to get that smile off your face too.
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Ben Haas
N801BH
www.haaspowerair.com
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:49 am Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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GREAT Video...............
I am nominating Rick for an Emmy.....
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Ben Haas
N801BH
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Ron Lendon
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:09 am Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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I might 'suggest' that you keep very detailed records leading up to your first flight and as good a writer Rick is he possibly could turn that into a great magazine article on all the fine points of making that first flight. If he just happens to document it in a video is icing on the cake. I don't recall ever reading a detailed article in any magazine on the topic and I am VERY sure Rick can pull off a top notch one for Kitplanes.........
Not that I am biased or anything . <GG>
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Ben Haas
N801BH
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lwinger
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: 6 years, 6 months & 2 days |
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You did it, Rich. Way to go! I'm so glad you made it to the finish line.
Now fly safe and I'll see you at CC#18.
Larry Winger
Tustin, CA
Zenith CH650/Corvair
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Richard Vetterli <richvetterli(at)yahoo.com (richvetterli(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:
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On March 11, 2004 I started building my Corvair Powered Zenith 601XL. Today, N56DV took it's first flight. Whoo-hoo!!! I shouldn't have been surprised by the heavy left wing, as I've been reading about it for years, but it was heavier than I expected on takeoff, needing full aileron trim. Otherwise, no major issues. Now, 39 1/2 more phase 1 hours to go. Thanks go out to the Corvair and Zenith building communities. I've made many friends over the past six years and each and every one of them helped me along the way. Special thanks to Woody Harris, Rick Lindstrom, William Wynne and Doug Dugger. Pictures and video to follow.
Rich Vetterli
N56DV
601XLB/Corvair
Pleasanton, CA
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