Oct 2nd, I found myself in Monroe, LA working feverishly on an application integration and launch for our new company, CenturyLink (Embarq and CenturyTel merger). Not a very exciting way to spend a birthday, I know. However, a coworker and friend of mine, Richard, owns a Cozy III ultralight experimental aircraft. The Cozy Aircraft website features the Mark IV, but the III is very similar. He offered to take me up! Well, how could I refuse?
So Saturday morning, Oct 3rd, we drove over to his hanger, did his pre-flight check, powered up, registered with the Monroe tower and took off! Excluding takeoff and landing, I got to pilot the plane for the majority of the flight! An hour and ~150 miles later we landed back at the airport, stowed his plane and headed to work.
What a blast! The Cozy is a small, lightweight, agile and very sensitive aircraft. It does not take much movement at all on the joystick to get it to change direction or altitude. And with the front canard design, it is impossible to stall - yes, we tried!
Here is the GPS track of our flight:
(if you click on the Title, you can also view the photos I took during and after the flight as well as altitude and airspeed)
Cozy III Flight with Doug at EveryTrail
Map created by EveryTrail: GPS Community
THANK YOU, RICHARD!!!!
