Spirals and spirals…

When I was looking for details specification of the paint scheme for ST-12, Serge sent me this great picture that shows exactly the dimensions of the spiral on the nose.

I provided Ilio from Corona Air Paint with that picture and he executed a copy on N26AE that I feel is pretty darn close as to how was in 1970.

Refreshing my aerobatic flying with Rich Perkins

Finally got to do aerobatics for the time in N26AE. Before going solo, I hired Rich Perkins to cover the basics with me to get me comfortable with attitudes and controls. Great instructor, very technical and precise. A pleasure to learn from. I was also able to get my GoPro attached to the tail and keep it sufficiently in place for the first time.

 

Picked up N26AE at Corona

Ilio at Corona Air Paint in Corona, CA did an excellent job – the paint job is very faithful to the original ST-12. Serge Van Heertum authorized me to post some of his pictures so stay tune for an upcoming visual proof. In the meantime, here is N26AE straight out of the paint shop – and with some additional inspection and last minute maintenance done on site before doing test flights…

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