Mon, Feb 07, 2005
It's Home!
Aerocomp tells ANN that
they reached a significant milestone recently after flying their
new all-composite, single-engine Comp Air Jet back to the 3,500
foot, Merritt Island airport following months of exhaustive
flight-testing at Titusville Airport. Titusville was selected for
the initial flight test program because of its long and multiple
runways. "It's much easier to test aircraft when there is a choice
of runways and with four named hurricanes that passed through
Florida this year, causing unpredictable winds, it was a perfect
location to begin flight tests. Titusville often has light traffic
as well. Even with the storms, we managed to log more than 30 hours
of flight testing this unique new jet."
Last month, following several flight-test landings and takeoffs,
Ron Lueck decided it was time to fly the Comp Air Jet home to the
single, 3,600' runway at Merritt Island. He informed the tower at
Titusville that he would not be making another landing but would,
instead, be flying the jet back to Merritt Island. Aircraft N41861
then took off from Titusville for its flight home to Merritt Island
Airport.
Aerocomp's Steve Young congratulated his partner/test pilot
while thanking Aerocomp's team - on hand to witness the landing
back at Merritt Island - who had worked hard to make this milestone
a reality. This is an important day for Aerocomp, since its factory
is on Merritt Island. Work can now continue on the flight-test
program, as can finalization of the Comp Air Jet's systems
installations. Paint and interior work will get underway, as
well.
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