Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Builders Assembling Their Kits Side-By-Side
Neal Longwill and Kevin Jackson, both from Austin Texas, have
been busy for the last 10 months building TWO Lancair Evolutions.
Wednesday, Oct, 19 both aircraft flew for the first time at
Redmond, OR. The Evolution kits were assembled side by side by Neal
and Kevin in a rented hanger at KRDM. Longwill and Jackson
temporarily moved to Redmond to build their planes so that they
could be close to the kit manufacturer’s headquarters for
advice during their building process. Also, they provided the
factory with feedback to fine tune the build manual supplied to kit
builders. Each had built Lancair’s before, Neal a Lancair
IV-P and a Legacy, and Kevin a Lancair ES. They worked less than
full time on their Evolutions and “kept it fun.”
The test flights were performed by Pete Zaccagnino, who’s
company, High Performance Aircraft Training, supplies test pilot
and training services to Lancair builders. The first flights and
transition training are included with the purchase of each
Evolution kit. The flights were nearly squawk free with only a high
idle reported on the second aircraft.
Neal Longwill is the Sales representative for Lancair in the
southern U.S. His company is Austin Composites and his plane,
N248AJ, will be his demo aircraft based at Spicewood, Texas.
Jackson’s aircraft, N282CA, will be used for personal
transportation for him and partner Chris Avery.
Each aircraft will continue flying to complete their initial
testing, subsequent Phase 2 flight test period, and then receive
final paint and interior upholstery.
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