Mon, Sep 03, 2018
Thought To Be First Ever Twin-Corvair-Powered Airplane To Fly
A twin-engine airplane powered by Corvair engines has flown for the first time, and it is thought to be the first such airplane to fly in the 58 years Corvair engines have been used to power airplanes.
The FlyCorvair.com website reports that the plane, called a Jag-2, was flown by its builder for the first time last week. "Jim Tomaszewski called this afternoon to say he took his Corvair powered twin, the JAG-2 for its first flight. It was a carefully planned 15 minute test flight the went flawlessly. The two things he commented on was it having enough power to leave the ground in just 600′ and the smoothness second only to a turbine engines. Jims observations are backed by more than 15,000 hours in multi engine aircraft. I have seen old pictures of twin Corvair projects, but as far as I know, this is the first one to fly in the 58 years of Corvair powered flight," wrote website owner William Wynne.
Tomaszewski has been working on the project for several years, along with his wife Ginger. In fact, JAG is an acronym for "Jim And Ginger".
"The project has been something of a lighting rod for many negative comments from internet keyboard warriors, particularly from Van’s aircraft owners," Wynne said. "While the aircraft does share some parts with the RV-6/7A aircraft, Jim has always directly said it was not a Van’s product, it was his design, and he was solely responsible for its outcomes." The project has had strong support from the Corvair community.
"Over the next few days Jim is going to have a more detailed announcement and include links to videos of the flight. For today he just wanted to call and share the moment," Wynne wrote. "Jim wanted it clearly understood that it has been the continuous and direct support of his wife Ginger who has always been the irreplaceable element in the path to the success of the aircraft."
(Image provided to Corvair.com by Jim Tomaszewski)
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