G-HILZ.co.uk - the story of an RV8

First Flight and Permit Testing

The flight testing phase started on 29th October 2007 - just one year and 363 days after we started to build, and was completed on 6th November 2007. The first flight was made from North Weald in the more than capable hands of Stan Hodgkins - owner of RV8 G-DUDE. There are some videos of the first taxy and flights in the Video section.

The story in photos


Getting ready for the first flight		Taxi-ing in after first flight

Stan after the first flight		Andy and Stan after the first flight

Andy goes for his first flight in any RV - ours - note the grin already!		Stan preparing for spin trials - his RV8 G-DUDE is parked on the grass

Permit Flight Test - take off		and landing. Now for the paperwork!

G-HILZ.co.uk - the story of an RV8

First Flight and Permit Testing

The story in photos

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