Building the new Bushbaby SAFARI

[Oupa-G]

Stephan I cannot tell you how many calls I have made I had telephonic confirmation that ZU-OTT is registered but to get the file from registrations back to engineering is the problem .Monty is now going physically to CAA ,it is frustrating to try and do this 1600k's away. It is also very difficult to be a law abiding citizen . But if you do not have the papers you are the villain. Keep trying.

Cheers Oupa-G

[RV4ker (RIP)]

What is the problem? I got my papiertjie emailed to me. Original arrived many moons later....

Piet at CAA was fantastic with Animal can he not help?

[Stephan van Tonder]

Same here. Piet e-mailed me the Proving ATF (28/08/2009) and the original arrived in the post yesterday.

[Boet]

Oupa`s got the papiertjie, and now will probably be too busy flying to bother about saying anything here....... at least for a while. ATF issued, and right now probably going thru his second tank of petrol!! Time for a change of avatar!! Nou is dit heeltyd speeltyd.

[mikeinPE]

I have been following every bit of this thread & Boet that has to be the best news. Can just imagine Oupa playing in the sky!!!

[KFA]

I can confirm that the papiertjie has been issued. Oupa, you can now stop the vertical taxi and go horizontal

[Oupa-G]

Sorry guys but last night I did a Red X flight to Swellendam night landing I must say that the lights at Swellendam are superb as well as the support from the club members. Had to fetch a young mother with a serious problem but sadly we went home empty handed that puts the silly little paper into perspective, such a tragedy in a young family. Coming back to Cape town we and the Front had the same ETA and we did an ILS on runway 01. I was humbled by the experience. Early this morning I picked up the gear from the Epoxy coaters I first had the Epidermix tested in his oven I was actually surprised that the epoxy glue for the carbon fibre brake line retainers worked well. Yesterday afternoon I managed to get an aerial shot of the Bosvark and I will have to change the Avatar. The wind is howling in the fairest so the new gear will be fitted.

Cheers Oupa-G

[Oupa-G]

As you all can now see The Bosvark is airborne with the newly paperised Class II test pilot and new avatar. The new avatar has two stars and reads "Nothing beats Flying". What a relieve but it will make the road so much easier for the next builders. I must thank Monty to be so persistent with the paperwork and also the people involved in the CAA individually that did their utmost but like a big machine or factory it is not always easy to start such a monster machine.
Boet and his team were absolute stars and after this project we talk daily and we try to manipulate each others brains and after the brain storm the ideas come out to be tested so that you can then in the end get a better way of doing something. It is amazing how Bosvark#2 that is the same aerie as OTT is so much different then #1 . guess that is why factories build prototypes. I will keep this site "Hot".

Cheers Oupa-G

[German]

[Jimbo]

Mazeltov on the pampiere for OTT.

(See, soon as you got onto the Witsie at the CAA you came right ... YeaWits!!)

[JACO]

[Oupa-G]

Now I'm going to bore you people with pictures and little words. I got Richard Adcock to document the first take-off and flight. It was amazing to fly an aircraft no adjustments to trim and to be able to fly hands-off on the first flight. Here are some pictures from take-off to landing and then a fly-by.

Cheers Oupa-G

[Mogas]

Stuck my head into the factory today and got the great news about the "paper"
Happy flight testing Oupa-G!
Very much looking forward to reading the numbers.
Mogas

[Wallaby]

Wow, we've been waiting so long and now the Ot is in the air. Congrats, Oupa and keep us up to date with all the tests and performances and the pics as well.

[Oupa-G]

Looking at the last picture I must say the paint scheme and colours work well


Cheers Oupa-G