I think all of us who've expressed an interest, were sent a pre-registration pack yesterday. My registration cheque will be posted tomorrow and so it will soon be an "official" project. Francis's letter spelled out the fact that the design is not officially approved yet, but made it quite clear that he and the rest of LAA engineering are keen for the CX4 projects to go ahead. It's down to the first (or first few) builders to submit the required mods, but they don't look too hard to work out; so I'm confident the Thatcher will sooner or later take to the UK skies.
I haven't really started yet as I have a few other projects that will take until the end of thesummer to finish. I also have a K8 glider that needs covering before I can sell it on. I'm in two minds to see how much I might get for it as it is That way I could start the Thatcher sooner.
There are reported to be SIX now flying in the USA as all the first projects over there are coming out of their builders workshops!
Impressive results performance-wise so far as well. All bar one which is propped wrong have attained or exceeded the originals cruise speed of 125 mph on an VW1834.
Ivan
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