Today I took my Warrior for its first flight with the overhauled engine installed. I haven’t flown it since 13 July, and it was a nice feeling, despite high winds and a lot of low-level turbulence. I was supposed to test fly the plane last Monday, but there was still enough magnetism in the firewall (the one big part that didn’t get sent off for degaussing) to keep the magnetic compass from working.

You can read more about the lightning strike that grounded my plane in past postings.