Cheetah No. 1
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:37 pm
Well, after having to have to sell my Cheetah due to circumstance, some loving souls have come to the rescue and have empowered me to embark on a Cheetah restoration project. My wife, brother in law and a very good friend of mine are the force behind this and thus circumstance cannot take it away again!
Jonny Prinsloo bought ZU-CXO and he is enjoying flying her immensely. Well they had a bonding trip from Mossel Bay to Middelburg As he has experienced, she is an honest aeroplane without quirks or gripes!
Back to Cheetah No.1
Cheetah No. 1 or otherwise ZU-CMT was bought by Ludie du Plessis after this unique aircraft had an oopsy when taking on the Dragons and suffered some nasty damage in the ensuing greeting with mother Earth. Ludie has been so kind to part with the bird as he may have some other projects in mind right now.
So the journey begins of this wonderful aircraft that I have grown to love dearly (and criticise very little). I share the initial test flight of this aircraft when she still had "wing tanks" and other minimalistic items and not realising that she would be the pioneer of the Cheetah, Cheetah XLS and now the Bushcat.
And this is where it all started.... http://www.aerotrike.co.za/cheetah/Pict ... tions.html
Various persons are already involved in the project namely : Sideslip (Mike Gill), Duck Rogers (Gerrie Espach) and Jab2 (Cobus Brink)
The idea of the project is to get all the bits and pieces together, add some Rainbow improvements (not too many though ), assemble and then take her back to SkyReach for some specifics, get a clean bill of health, recover and then fly her back to Mossel Bay in a special journey (similar to the one I had with ZU-CXO)
Jonny Prinsloo bought ZU-CXO and he is enjoying flying her immensely. Well they had a bonding trip from Mossel Bay to Middelburg As he has experienced, she is an honest aeroplane without quirks or gripes!
Back to Cheetah No.1
Cheetah No. 1 or otherwise ZU-CMT was bought by Ludie du Plessis after this unique aircraft had an oopsy when taking on the Dragons and suffered some nasty damage in the ensuing greeting with mother Earth. Ludie has been so kind to part with the bird as he may have some other projects in mind right now.
So the journey begins of this wonderful aircraft that I have grown to love dearly (and criticise very little). I share the initial test flight of this aircraft when she still had "wing tanks" and other minimalistic items and not realising that she would be the pioneer of the Cheetah, Cheetah XLS and now the Bushcat.
And this is where it all started.... http://www.aerotrike.co.za/cheetah/Pict ... tions.html
Various persons are already involved in the project namely : Sideslip (Mike Gill), Duck Rogers (Gerrie Espach) and Jab2 (Cobus Brink)
The idea of the project is to get all the bits and pieces together, add some Rainbow improvements (not too many though ), assemble and then take her back to SkyReach for some specifics, get a clean bill of health, recover and then fly her back to Mossel Bay in a special journey (similar to the one I had with ZU-CXO)