The initial undocumented first flight occurred on 3/19/ 2005 with an initial appraisal that "Hans" the pilot was suffering from a lead bottom.  The plane seemed a bit tail heavy.  With some rearrangement of the innards the first documented flight occurred on 4/16 2005 with Andy Kane doing the take off honors and some fancy flying to get some of the following setups.  I flew for awhile and let Andy land it due to some gusty cross-wind conditions that I'm not up to yet.  The plane flew well although all that wing area sure makes it fly like a kite in breezy conditions.

That's the real moon in the shot (not photoshopped!)

Hans goes after an Airbus!  (Our field is 5 miles from Dulles).

Not too nervous!

My thanks to Andy Kane, test pilot extraordinaire!   (That's his competition Yak).