----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian B. Crowe" <ian.crowe@sympatico.ca>
To: "Marvin Kaye" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: First flight LNC2


> C-FKRO has flown for the first time this Sunday pm, out of Kingston,
> Ontario,  Canada, in the safe hands of  Canadian Air Force pilot, Jeff
> Canton.  First flight was 20 minutes and the aircraft performed
flawlessly,
> climbing to 5000' and performing slow speed work above the airport.
Landing
> was uneventful even with gusts and slight crosswind.
>
> Some attention is required to provide a lower pressure area at the bottom
of
> the cowl to help cooling air flow.
>
> What a high!  Now we can get on with the 25 hours we have to fly off
before
> we get the final C of A.  My next job is to get Jeff to check me out.  Our
> regs specifically say that we can carry licenced pilots for the purpose of
> checking them out.
>
> 6 1/2 years to build, probably 4000 hours and an undisclosed amount of
> money.  Now the fun really starts!
>
> Ian Crowe.
>