May Sport Av

Article here (link)

Hey Guys,

I hope you have a chance to check out the May Sport Aviation (link).  James Wynbrandt and Tyson Rininger really did a knock out job with this article about our non-stop formation flight to Oshkosh 2014 (link).  The pilots and crew for the 7 aircraft involved were (Justin Gillen, Jenn Whaley, Zach Reeder, Niki Dugue, Rebecca Pontius, Doug Dodson, Dustin Riggs, Brianne Terrell, Brandon Cangiano, and Ben Harvey). 

Thank you to EAA, Sport Aviation and Mac McClellan for the honor and the privilege, such a great day.

And thank you to our friends that made that trip possible;
Justin Gillen, Rick Poe, Susan Fine, Donald McMullin, Craig Catto, Robbie Grove, Whitney Brown Kelsey Moran, Thomas Wilson, Ralph Wise, Dave Ronneberg, Ben Harvey, Paul Dye, Richard VanderMeulen, Eric Stewart, MGL Avionics, Mojave Air and Spaceport, Spot Tracker, E-Mag, and Whirlwind Propellers.

Thanks again,
Elliot and Jenn

Elliot, Jenn, and Justin, Photo: Tyson Rininger (link)

Race 44 test hop for Lynn

There are good days and there are really good days.

Twice during race week we were asked to fly test sorties for Andy and Lynn.  I had been doing the break-in and power testing on the airplane in Mojave but it is a different thing to test over Stead, to some a holy thing.

Turning the power up while in a leisurely left hand turn in a truly hot airplane while the sun sets over that valley of speed is something air race freaks dream about. I remember checking and rechecking my data, I wanted to be damn sure I wasn't blowing this awesome opportunity.

After landing I taxied up to the team; Andy, Lynn, Jenn, Donald, Terry, and even Klaus and Jenny. The looks on their faces told me the airplane had sounded good. The look on Andy's face said "give me the data".

Thank you Andy and Lynn, for a truly awesome Reno experience.  I can't wait until we get this thing hooked up.