Memorable moment happened in small municipal airport of Liloy, Philippines.
Its been honored by people with their full support.

Sincere congratulations, Phil. You must be a proud & happy man!

Bruce

Quoted from beragoobruce

Sincere congratulations, Phil. You must be a proud & happy man!

Bruce

Bruce,  thank you!
After those years on my aviation endeavor today I turned 65 years of age.
Introspection nothing to proved and indeed I loved and happy with it!
My best regards to you.
Phil

Hey Phil
Congratulations buddy!!! You worked hard for many years to get to this point. You did not give up and stayed with it. I remember when you made a great big model of it many years ago. Now, make sure you take pictures of some of your flights so we all can enjoy with you. I am so happy you made it. And Happy birthday too!
Bob

Quoted from Bob Hoskins

Hey Phil
Congratulations buddy!!! You worked hard for many years to get to this point. You did not give up and stayed with it. I remember when you made a great big model of it many years ago. Now, make sure you take pictures of some of your flights so we all can enjoy with you. I am so happy you made it. And Happy birthday too!
Bob

Hey buddy! Bob, thank you!!
It was hard to think of those years passed along with our passion in life should I say enthusiasm and commitment that only ourselves understands the inner reasons of why and how and dont bother of when?
With you Bob. You did it right for me to endure...you're ahead of time and I got your support thru constant
communication.
Soon it will be on youtube those comfiled clip including full aerial footage of that 8 minute longest flight of my life!
Its my birthday!  Thank God for everything. God blessed us...
Sincerely
Phil

Happy birthday Phil and many more to you. Best wishes.

Quoted from aeronut

Happy birthday Phil and many more to you. Best wishes.

Thank you Aeronut for your greetings it meant so much!
Likewise,  best wishes for you and family on this yuletide season. 💝💝💝
Phil

Nice job. Saw a video of the flight on the net.There was a lot of shouting from the crowd during the final base to final  Landing approach.The max started to drop abruptly but then there were shouts of relief with the words"Very Good" repeated a few times.

That was interesting.

Congrats!!

Quoted from mullacharjak

Nice job. Saw a video of the flight on the net.There was a lot of shouting from the crowd during the final base to final  Landing approach.The max started to drop abruptly but then there were shouts of relief with the words"Very Good" repeated a few times.

That was interesting.

Thank you.  It was an engine out landing.
Here's a video footage from my helmit cam.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPsFD854Sw8&feature=share

Quoted from ITman496

Congrats!!

Thank you 😊

Hi Phil,

Happy birthday and well done on your maiden flight. You deserved this 10 years ago...LOL

Stay safe and enjoy your lovely aircraft.

regards Arthur

Congratulations Phil,

It surely was an exiting first landing, but you handled it resolutely. Well done indeed. It seemed that as soon as you reduced the power a bit the engine seized. And belated congratulation on you 65th birthday.

Quoted from Arthur Withy

Hi Phil,

Happy birthday and well done on your maiden flight. You deserved this 10 years ago...LOL

Stay safe and enjoy your lovely aircraft.

regards Arthur

Thank you,  Arthur!
I've been flying my quarter scale RC minimax for almost decade and it thought me a lot! ..LOL

Here just for fun! 😊😊

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9br_ODmEC-s

cheers,
Phil

Quoted from Jacob Lolk

Congratulations Phil,

It surely was an exiting first landing, but you handled it resolutely. Well done indeed. It seemed that as soon as you reduced the power a bit the engine seized. And belated congratulation on you 65th birthday.

Jacob,
Thank you. Everything has its own place in time. I guess it was a miracle with divine intervention.
And I thank God our creator for everything.
Phil

Hi Phil:

Nice job getting her down!  Best of luck troubleshooting the overheating issue.

Quoted from LSaupe

Hi Phil:

Nice job getting her down!  Best of luck troubleshooting the overheating issue.

lsaupe,
Thanks.  Trying to work it out.. I had confidence  with fan-cooled and water-cooled rotaxes.
My first experience with free air cooled..have to deal with and I would be hsppy if I'm lucky. LOL.

Phil