Test Flight 2 – by Beta Builder and Ret. AF Pilot Bob Woolley
The following is a brief summary of my second flight in the Panther. It occurred on 4/27/2013 at Haller airpark. Departure time was 1325 and lasted for 45 minutes. Winds were estimated to be a right crosswind at 14 mph and temperature in the high 70’s. Fuel load was 20 gallons. Departure was made with […]
Panther Flight Testing Cont…
With 8 flights and over 5 hours flight time in N515XP I guess I’m the worlds high time pilot for Panther LS sport aircraft, and it is time to give my impressions. These are only impressions and flight testing will continue over the next 4-5 weeks (if all goes well). The airspeeds given are plus or […]
Test Flight by Beta Builder and Ret. AF Pilot – Bob Woolley
Here is a synopsis of Bob’s flight per his words – Video link at the bottom – “These are my first impressions of the Panther after an approximate 40 minute flight on April 23, 2013. The location was at Haller Airpark, a turf runway at 1825 local time. Winds were light with a slight right […]
Flight Testing Continues…
Flight testing has continued since Sun’NFun. So far there have been 4 test flights and approximately 2.5 hours on the airframe. Testing is going well, only small tweaks to the avionics required so far. We are also working on a FAQ page update, this will be posted soon. Enjoy! See the video on YouTube here: […]
Sun’NFun 2013 Day 3-6
We had such a great week at SNF! Things went very smoothly and there was a good turn out every day. The reception of our project was very positive! We were very pleased with how a lot of pilots and builders appreciated how simple the features of the Panther are designed. Do not mis-read, it […]
EAA News Article – Panther First Flight
EAA News Article – Panther First Flight
Sun’NFun Day 1
We are having a great crowd for the first day at Sun’NFun. Our booth location is in a great area. Generally speaking the first two days here are a little slow. The end of the week normally sees more traffic. Today was fairly steady. We had quite a few people come through for two and […]
Panther First Flight Test – Success!!
We took the Panther back down to our local public airport this morning for the first test flight – and it was amazing! The weather was super calm and clear, we couldn’t have asked for better conditions for a test flight. The Panther team pulled together and we all knew it was time for business. […]
Panther First Flight Test – Success!!
We took the Panther back down to our local public airport this morning for the first test flight – and it was amazing! The weather was super calm and clear, we couldn’t have asked for better conditions for a test flight. The Panther team pulled together and we all knew it was time for business. […]
Panther Second Taxi – with Lift
Today Team Panther trailer-ed Panther N515XP down for what hoped would be the first flight. We knew the morning would be good weather, but that a system was going to roll in by the afternoon. Dan and Paul simply folded the wings, quick disconnected the fuel lines and rolled the Panther into our standard car/Panther […]
