322MX the beginning...

The Flying Fish and his oldest friend have begun building 322MikeXray, the plane we plan to fly to Patagonia and back in the winter of 07-08. 322MX is a Glasair Sportsman. An experimental class airplane. Seats 4, carries a cubic shitload of gear, can be configured as trike, taildragger, or with floats. It's comparable to the 1950's era Cessna 180 that we currently fly, but with more modern materials, aerodynamics, engine and avionics.

Here's day one of the build:





Flying Fish & Friend will be up at the Glasair factory in Arlington, WA for the next two weeks putting together the airframe. They'll go back a few weeks later to install the engine. Then 322MX will come back to our warehouse for instrument panel install and final fit and finish. Estimated completion is in the fall 2006.