 |  | | The successful first flight of Excel-Jet’s Sport-Jet occurred on May 12, 2006. | |
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At least a handful of people never believed that the Sport-Jet, engineered by Bob Bornhofen, would fly. But as occurs often in life and aviation, the pundits are once again wrong.
Early on the morning of May 12, the privately funded very light jet took off from Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS) for its official first flight. "Official" is an important distinction, because the day before, in high-speed taxi testing, the Excel-Jet Sport-Jet took to momentary flight between 65 and 70 knots. |
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 | | | Terrain speeds by on the unique track designed by world famous designer Alan Wilson. To date, Wilson has designed 26 tracks internationally including the new Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City. | |
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| "It's a serious miniature race car but the term go-kart is kind of a misnomer," explained Jim Keesling, owner of The Track at Centennial. "They're really calling the sport karting because the term go-kart insinuates something you bought for your backyard to race around with. The real competition cars are pretty impressive pieces of equipment. For the competition side, it's a full-on racecar. The shifter karts that we race out here can go 120 miles per hour and have the capacity to pull a 3G around the corner." |
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