{"id":12107,"date":"2019-04-27T22:45:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T05:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2019-04-27T22:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T05:45:32","slug":"equator-p2-flies-out-of-ground-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/equator-p2-flies-out-of-ground-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Equator P2 Flies Out of Ground Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a decade of development, Tomas Broedreskift\u2019s Equator P2 Excursion<\/a> prototype made its first flights out of ground effect, a significant step in flight testing. It flew in ground effect just above the runway on March 29, 2018.\u00a0 This helped verify the center of gravity and enabled further tests under audit by the Norwegian Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), which gave its release for full test at the end of February.\u00a0 In a brief email, Brodreskift told your editor, \u201cAfter 8 years in development it was about time!\u201d<\/p>\n

Two flights on March 29 and March 31, 2019 gave the team the assurance that all systems are \u201cgo\u201d for further testing. Everything, according to test pilot Eskil Amdal, was more than acceptable. He is one of the most experienced test pilots in Norway, flying everything from WWII aircraft to his current mount, an F-35. Flights took place at at\u00a0Eggemoen Technology Park<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Norway..<\/p>\n