First Flight of N5771H

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bruceh
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First Flight of N5771H

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Today was the day. The weather cleared up around noon and my RV-9A took to the skies for the first time!

Look at that! Air under the wheels.
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OMG! Me flying an airplane I built in my garage! :eek:
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After about 20 minutes orbiting the field, checking the flight controls, engine temps and doing some slow flight with flaps down, I think my brain was getting overloaded. Time to land.
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Down at last, and in one piece. Never mind the centerline. :P
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Time for the RV Grin with the family.
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My youngest daughter (on the right) surprised us last night by showing up for Easter weekend. She secretly flew in from Colorado. What a treat!
There is video of the flight, but it may be a while before that gets edited and posted. Maybe I can get my son to put something together, since it was his GoPro I borrowed.

Many thanks to all of the RivetBangers who made this journey possible (and the collective wisdom therein).
This wouldn't have happened without the support of my family and friends.
Thanks to all of the RV guys at Ramona and the greater SoCal/NorCal area.
Thanks to Dan Thompson for offering at the eleventh hour to be my chase pilot and letting my daughter fly along and take these pictures.

Whew! Still GRINNING :D
Bruce Hill
RV-9A N5771H flying over 1100 hours!
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Post by Joe Parish »

WooHoo Congrats Bruce! 8) Glad all went well and look forward to more reports. You must be grinning from ear to ear. That is so Cooool!
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Post by stevewiz »

What a great accomplishment. I am truly excited for you and your family. Well done
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Awesome! Congrats!!!!
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Awesome news Bruce!! So happy for you, and what a great weekend with your family!

Congrats!
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Congratulations, Bruce! No words can describe how awesome a first flight is. Did you find any squawks during/after first flight?
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Way to go Bruce!
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Post by captain_john »

Bruce, way to go!

See you tonight! Weather doesn't look good enough for a flight. I guess we are drinking!

:) CJ
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Great!

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Another great plane flying. Congrats Bruce.
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captain_john wrote:Bruce, way to go!

See you tonight! Weather doesn't look good enough for a flight. I guess we are drinking!

:) CJ
It was my pleasure to come down and meet the gang (and drink). :)

See you next time I'm on the east coast (hopefully flying my RV-9A).
Bruce Hill
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Post by captain_john »

Bruce,

Great to see you too!

We must do a bungalow fly in this summer!

8) CJ
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captain_john wrote:Bruce,

Great to see you too!

We must do a bungalow fly in this summer!

8) CJ
Let's do it in August I will be back from Alaska. Will make a party at the Bungalow honoring Bruce First Flight! 71H how you hear? :)
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Sounds good to me!

Bruce, Either you need to get the 40 flown off or Larry needs to ante up for commercial fare this August!

Mike, i trust that you will make it too?

Beds will be first come, first served.

Agent orange? Turrrrrbo? Thermos? Noah? Machineman? Albit? Maybe even some of the new pop-up builders too?

Hmmm...

8) CJ

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captain_john wrote: Mike, i trust that you will make it too?
I'm definitely in for another weekend in the Bungalow!
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