{"id":140,"date":"2010-03-29T07:35:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2010-04-02T08:11:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T15:11:56","slug":"turbine-legend-experimental-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/?page_id=140","title":{"rendered":"Turbine Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-140\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 140);\">[Translate]<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif\" id=\"translate_loading_post-140\" class=\"translate_loading\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content_div-140\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Turbine Legend Experiemental Aircraft<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Mike &amp; Carol flying &#8220;Big Bird&#8221; in the skies over Santa Paula, CA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Big-Bird-In-Flight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" title=\"Big-Bird-In-Flight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Big-Bird-In-Flight-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Turbine Legend aircraft shown above was the result of 8 years of design and construction.\u00a0 It started out as a kit aircraft, and turned into a huge engineering project.\u00a0 I ended up redesigning many of the systems in this aircraft including the wing profile, the fuel system, the flap system, the engine mount configuration, the canopy system, and the landing gear system.\u00a0 As I said, it was a major challenge to get this aircraft finally configured to its finished operational condition.\u00a0 Check out the video of my wife Carol flying PIC during some of the flight testing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Video of Carol flying the Turbine Legend&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I7gGFjQjXqA?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Carol after\u00a0her &#8220;First Solo&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-144 aligncenter\" title=\"Carol-Post-Solo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nPilot Cockpit &#8211; Instrument Panel<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142 aligncenter\" title=\"Instrument-Panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel-400x265.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Instrument-Panel.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" title=\"Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats-400x266.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Carol-Post-Solo-Congrats.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Mike-back-from-solo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-145\" title=\"Mike-back-from-solo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Mike-back-from-solo-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-146\" title=\"TL_CAD_Plan_View\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View-150x124.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View-400x331.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Plan_View.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-147\" title=\"TL_CAD_Profile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Profile-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Profile-300x123.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.imagingtheheavens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/TL_CAD_Profile-150x61.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>CMA AirShow &#8212; Turbine Legend Fly-in 2003<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4UkhT5FjS_Q?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4UkhT5FjS_Q\"><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [Translate] Turbine Legend Experiemental Aircraft <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mike &amp; Carol flying &#8220;Big Bird&#8221; in the skies over Santa Paula, CA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Turbine Legend aircraft shown above was the result of 8 years of design and construction. 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