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Antonio Espinal's jet powered Velocity, N289AE.
 
Antonio Espinal's jet powered Velocity, N289AE.
  
Antonio built his airplane with the help of [[www.x-jets.com x-jets]].  The first flight was successful, but the second flight landed short of the runway ([http://n44vf.velocityxl.com/building/Accidents.php#Espinal accident]), apparently because the pilot got behind the power curve and couldn't get the engine to come up to power quickly enough on approach.
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Antonio built his airplane with the help of [[http://www.x-jets.com x-jets]].  The first flight was successful, but the second flight landed short of the runway ([http://n44vf.velocityxl.com/building/Accidents.php#Espinal accident]), apparently because the pilot got behind the power curve and couldn't get the engine to come up to power quickly enough on approach.  There is video of this plane flying again as of 2009.
  
 
Airworthiness Date: 02/03/2006 <br/>
 
Airworthiness Date: 02/03/2006 <br/>

Revision as of 13:32, 10 March 2010

Antonio Espinal's jet powered Velocity, N289AE.

Antonio built his airplane with the help of [x-jets]. The first flight was successful, but the second flight landed short of the runway (accident), apparently because the pilot got behind the power curve and couldn't get the engine to come up to power quickly enough on approach. There is video of this plane flying again as of 2009.

Airworthiness Date: 02/03/2006
Builder: Antonio Espinal

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