President of our local EAA chapter killed in inaugural flight
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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
PLEASE, GUYS! Before you fly (or even taxi test) get as many sets of
eyeballs as you can to inspect, critique, improve your handiwork!
It is not a reflection on you if something is wrong!
It is a reflection on your friends that they care enough to try to keep
you around to enjoy your company!
Good comments.
For those of you who remember Burt Rutan's proof-of-concept ground
attack aircraft, he mounted a Sony video camera so that it gave an
over-the-shoulder view of the cockpit controls and instrument panel.
Two crossed strings provided an x- and y-axis displacement reference of
the control stick in the cameras field of view.
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