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January 2008 - Henry Bartle - Independence, Oregon

 

From Henry Bartle:

 

Hello Everyone

 

Here are the first pictures of my Lancair IV-P flying on Monday the 14th of January. Charlie Kohler was at the controls. He said it flew perfect. I am so happy!

 

I did get to fly it on Tuesday. It flies great! Throttled back to 60% power, 24 in. and 2450 on the prop, it cruises at 200 Knots, 232 MPH. Charlie said it will probably cruise at 230 Knots, 267 MPH indicated at cruise power of 31 in. and 2,500 RPM on the prop.

 

This is the first Lancair IV to fly with the Garmin 900X panel. I am very impressed with it.

 

More later,

 

Henry

 

From Charlie Kohler:

 

This is the first Lancair IV to fly with the Garmin 900X panel. I am very impressed with it. You can expect this to be the gold standard in all future aircraft instrument panels. Small and large. Garmin just seems to keep on getting it right! Newly designed component racks behind the screen for transponder/coms/XM weather etc. make for easy repair/installation/mounting.

• Flight controls were well-balanced.

• No roll tendencies with flaps or abnormal trims.

• Stall speeds were 61/67.

• Gentle buffet was noted and stall strips were installed for the second flight.

• Temperatures were all normal.