'What a long strange trip its been'
I had hoped 2564M would fly in July, I figured more like the beginning of the month but today is still July right. First flight went well, a few squawks but it went well. (Airspeed indicator? I don't need no stinking airspeed indicator). She needs a bit of aileron trim work but I'm happy so far, light on the controls, trim is where I think it should be, very responsive and all the parts moved the correct directions.
The airworthiness certificate burned up with the wreck in 2001 so the feds wanted to inspect it before reissuing the replacement A/C. This concerned me, tho I can't really blame them as the rebuild ended up having:
12 New STC's
8 reinstalled older STC's
2 Field Approvals
12 337's
3 old mods reinstalled and
4 minor alteration log book entries.
The feds came by the hangar on Friday and could not have been nicer, easier to deal with and anxious to see this bird fly. They pointed out a couple of items they were concerned about, all good things that were easy fixes and issued the A/C.
Five years, wow, where did that time go. Time now to sweep the hangar. Oh yea and a little more work on those first few squawks. Thanks everyone on this site that shared advice, ideas, reviews and input to help this project along, it wouldn't have been easy without you.
Doug