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Story N776CM created by Michael Newman

Mark Kirchner built Lancair N776CM over about a five year period finishing in 1998. He then flew the plane for a number of years and got to the point where he felt that his age no longer permitted safe flight. In July of 2005 Michael Newman inspected the plane with the idea of purchasing the aircraft. These photos detail Mike's visit for that inspection.

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Mark met Mike at the airport and invited him into his lovely home. This fellow greets people at the door.


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The house sits on a lake and has a private dock with this sailboat ready to go.


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Looking back at the house from the boat dock.


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The view from each room faces the lake.


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On the second day Mike and Mark went out to the airfield. Here is Mark sitting in the plane.


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... and the plane in the hangar.


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There are some great tools to make working on the plane easier. This jack makes it easy to do gear retraction testing. Mark says "the plane was actually built on this jack".


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There are lots of details which were looked at, this is a turbocharger mounted below the engine.


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Mark's documentation is excellent. Home made placards are in many key places.


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The placards give cautions about how to maintain certain items and information about how the systems are connected and work.


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The gear retraction system is clever and has a lot of detailed parts.


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Pull the plane out and go flying.


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The neighbors at the airfield are pretty interesting. Note the back of the truck. These trucks are used to easily haul floatplanes out of the lake.


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Ron this shot is for you. Note what is sitting on those floats.


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Back in the hanger at the end of the day, waiting for a trip to the factory.





Other photos taken at the same time that these photos were taken can be found in the directories that these photos came from. The photos in this story came from the following directories:

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