First flight

Since getting the airworthiness certificate for my Velocity, I’ve been preparing for first flight.  Over the last week or so, I’d run out of things on the list and little issues to take care of.  On Thursday, I took the day off, prepared to fly.  I started by doing some high-speed taxi tests.  KORH has […]

Airworthiness granted!

This morning was my appointment with an inspector from the Windsor-Locks FAA MIDO (Manufacturing & Inspection District Offices) for my airworthiness inspection.  I thought it was the FSDO that took care of airworthiness inspections, but its the MIDO.  Anyway, great guy, very thorough.  He spotted a few things that I was able to correct while […]