FROM: DOGSBODY
ACTION: FLYBABYLIST
INFO: BCC
SUBJ: FIRST FLIGHT FLY BABY CF-UFL
REF: NIL
1. AFTER THOROUGH TAXI AND GROUND HANDLING TRIALS FLY BABY CF-UFL HAD A QUOTE SUCCESSFUL FIRST FLIGHT UNQUOTE TODAY AT 1500Z, THE FIRST TIME A/C AIRBORNE IN OVER 10 YEARS
2. DETAILS OF FLIGHT ARE AS FOLLOWS
A. A/C LIFTED OFF WAS SOMEWHERE IN VICINITY OF 50 KTS IAS, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND INITIAL ACCELERATION SATISFACTORY
B. A/C CLIMBED INITIALLY TO 100 FT AGL TO ASSESS HANDLING AND RIGGING. WHILE SLIGHT FORWARD PRESSURE WAS REQUIRED ON STICK, YAW AND ROLL TRIM WERE QUOTE PERFECT UNQUOTE SO FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED WITH A FULL CIRCUIT FLOWN
C. A/C CAUTIOUSLY CLIMBED TO CCT ALT AS INTREPID TEST PILOT (ITP). 80 KTS INDICATED ON DOWNWIND AT APPROX 2500 RPM. CONTROLS WERE LIGHT AND WELL BALANCED, AND ENGINE RAN FLAWLESSLY. OPEN COCKPIT WAS SURPRISINGLY QUIET AND DRAFT FREE
D. FIRST
LANDING FAIR, WHILE ITP WAS A BIT FRIGHTENED HE WAS NOT
SCARED. AFTER A FEW BOBBLES AND MINOR CORRECTIONS JUST OFF STALL
IN GROUND EFFECT A/C THREE POINTED ON RUNWAY IN PROPER CARRIER
FASHION.
WHILE CLOSE-APPROACH SPEED OF 60 KTS IAS WAS MAINTAINED, ITP DID NOT
NOTE
ACTUAL LANDING SPEED. AFTER THIS SINGLE CCT, ITP CHOSE NOT TO
PRESS
HIS LUCK AND RETURNED A/C TO HANGER IN ORDER TO CONSUME COLD FROSTY
BEVERAGE
3. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS, HOWEVER TWR REPORTED ALTITUDE ENCODER U/S. IN ADDITION, A/C SOILED BY GUANO DURING RETURN TAXI BY LARGE FLOCK RECALCITRANT CANADA GEESE FLUSHED OFF OF TAXIWAY BY A/C
4. A SINCERE THANK-YOU TO ALL WHO ASSISTED WITH PARTS, ADVICE, AND MORAL SUPPORT IN THE RESTORATION OF MY STRINGBAG
5. DOGSBODY SENDS
[Editor's addendum: Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa!]