Well I guess I'll add one more flight report. Mine got maidened Thursday in the AM. Had already set up to take the day off work, Fentress was open so off I went. I had previously set up the engine and retracts, so with some final nervous measurements of flight controls and a range check, we were off.

Taxied out, final control check and lined up on centerline. Opened the throttle and we were off. Some rudder to keep it straight and the tail was off and flying before ai knew it. Ran it along to get some apeed then we were up and off. The 120 with the 15x6 is a good combo but not all that fast, will be looking for an 8 pitch prop to keep ahead of the Zeros. Just a couple clicks of elevator and alieron trim and it was flying hands off. I was a little concerned about the stab incidence, but it seems fine. I did notice a tendency to roll in a loop, might need to tweak the elevator setup just a bit. Went high and did some stalls, definetly a warbird! Drops a wing pretty abruptly but gives plenty of warning before it does it. A couple high speed low passes and it was time to get in the pattern. Since I have approx. 12000 feet of paved runway I elected a no flap approach. Got in the groove and reduced power, the plane settled into a very nice decent. Flared out and touched down... OH MAN a bounce, but rught back on. Just a little too fast on touchdown I guess. Very nice.... The second flight I was able to pay attention to things like the retracts going up, and try some more stalls with gear down. Al in all seems to be a very good flying plane with few vices. I got the second landing a little more on-speed, but the plane certainly seems to have more lift than it needs. Next time out will have to try some with flaps... wind came up and I decided to switch over to the CAP.

I did notice, however, the CJ retracts didn't seem to hold air as well as my Robarts..... My P-39 usually has air left in the gear from the previous flight even after an hour or so. I don't think it's a problem in the air, but just something ot keep an eye on.

All in all I'm very pleased with it...... I'm really looking foward to getting the 120 better broke in so I can rev it more and put a little more prop on it.

Andy