| This web page is all about the building and (ultimately) the flying of our Van's RV-7. We ordered our quickbuild kit quite a while ago now, and have made significant progress (see the hour tally at the bottom). I've never really bothered with the creation of a website for our adventure, but I figure it might be worthwhile, especially now that Dave is living in Australia! We started building the plane together in February 2002, when we received the empennage kit. I'd already had the hangar for a year empty waiting to figure out what we were going to do for an aeroplane. There was a 4 year waiting list around the Metro Detroit area at that time, so I wasn't about to turn down a brand new hangar at YIP! Dave left for Australia in December 2002. I'd like to thank Van's Aircraft for putting out such a great kit. Everything is going pretty well, and we've generally been pleased with everything we've received. I'm going to start adding a general status shot of the plane here. It might not necessarily be at the end of a day's work, but it'll give some indication of where we are with the project. Latest News 8/8/2007 Oh dear, am I a slacker or what? I've not been here for an update for a while, and it's long overdue. Well, the RV now has 115 hours on it. Yep 115 hours! Can you believe that? Me neither. It's been as far as Sun N Fun last April, a few trips to Chicago and various other trips too. I cannot say how much fun this plane is and the places it's opened up for visits. | |
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