Order for whole Quick Build kit made (Engine and prop ordered a few weeks later) | 2 Sept 2021 | |
Workshop set up – lighting, flooring, tools, bench | Sept 2021 | |
The first kits delivered: -QB fuselage, canopy & undercarriage -Engine -Firewall Forward -Finishing kit | 7 Oct 2021 | |
Avionics panel ordered MWPB | 29 Oct 2021 | |
Empennage delivered | 30 Dec 2021 | |
Avionics delivered MWPB (after 3 weeks in customs) (GTN650xi followed 1 month later) | 1 Feb 2022 | |
Hangar found | 17 March 2022 | |
Paintshop booking made. Paint scheme decided | 26 April 2022 | |
QB wing kit arrived | 28 April 2022 | |
Airmaster propeller delivered | 6 June 2022 | |
Into paint shop | 27 June 2022 | |
Out of the paint shop into the hangar | 20 July 2022 | |
Upholstery kit delivered | 26 July 2022 | |
First engine start | 8 Aug 2022 | |
Wings on | 9 Aug 2022 | |
Weight & Balance measurement | 19 Aug 2022 | |
Permit to fly application submitted to LAA | 26 Aug 2022 | |
Flight Test Authorisation received | 23 Sept 2022 | |
Final inspection complete | 30 Sept 2022 | |
First flight | 3 Oct 2022 | |
All flight test schedules completed | 11 Oct 2022 | |
Permit to Fly received from LAA | 16 Jan 2023 | |