http://walsjabiru.com Journey with Wal Chapman as he builds his own kit plane. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:42:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was Saturday  March 3, the weather was finally clear and calm. Will I? Herb is away, I hadn’t flown well with Ken, only Lynne and I (and Grandma) home. Rang Herb, he won’t be home for a few days but suggested to go ahead. Fired the bird up, taxied right down the ... http://walsjabiru.com/?p=183 To get current Ken Pidcock agreed to fly his J160 up to us to instruct me. It had been 18 months since I had flown the little Jabi, it may have been 10 years, I had forgotten everything I had learned. After 4-5 hours I was still a novice, I ... http://walsjabiru.com/?p=178  Ready for inspection, all decals and decorations on. All covers have to come off again before the Authorised Person arrives to inpect it. The day before the inspection we had the LAME from Armidale check it over for anything I missed. The list of nuts "not in safety" were then all ... http://walsjabiru.com/?p=175 It all seems to be coming together when you actually move along in it. It seems quite strange, somewhere in the back of your mind there is something that says it will never fly. The TEAM was there to help and document the event. I will attempt to insert a bit of video ... http://walsjabiru.com/?p=167 Frank, Jim, the navigator (Lynne), Herb, and one weary builder. http://walsjabiru.com/?p=163