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Many other builders have asked me why I didn't do the first flight. My reasononing
was that I am a low time pilot and my good friend and fellow Vikings fan Eric offered to make the first flight.
Eric has over 600 hours in a Sonex so the logical thing to do was to let him test it and I'm glad I did. The first flights
were plauged with heating problems and Eric need to make some quick decisions before the engine cooked. After 3 attempts
to correct the heating problem we decided to call it for the day and I would do the remaining test flights. Eric reported
that it flew perfect and the only revision was to add a rudder trim tab. I eventually fixed the heating problem by adding
some small baffles to the inside of the cooling ducts and continue to fly the plane without any further trim adjustments.
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The sign off for the first flight occured on July 15th with Clyde Poser as the inspector. Clyde
was a great during the whole process which meant the inspection had no set backs.
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My first flight took place on August 2, 2009 and this is the Sonex grin you have after drinking the kool aid.
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