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tfoster100 07-03-2015 12:22 AM

New Member
 
Hello all,

I have been reading this forum off and on for quite a while. Finally taking steps to move forward.

Private Pilot License- 27 hours in. Soloed last week.
Reading this forum daily - in progress
Vans Aircraft Tour - completed today
Talking wife into why building a RV is good idea - in progress

At least I'm working on my checklist. Any suggestions on item four let me know.

Thanks

tfoster100 07-03-2015 12:27 AM

Pictures from tour
 

BobTurner 07-03-2015 12:33 AM

Welcome! Lots of good info here.

wirejock 07-03-2015 06:23 AM

Welcome
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tfoster100 (Post 995440)

Welcome Tim
The photo link appears to be broken.

#4. Find a 9 and get her a ride.

Vlad 07-03-2015 06:31 AM

Nice to have you here Tim! Get basic tools and buy a tail. Ask here if you are not sure which one. Build the empennage while still in training. It will give you a great muscle and brain workout. You are on a right track to the permanent grin :D

scrollF4 07-03-2015 07:11 AM

Welcome aboard, Tim.
You two live about 20 minutes from Northwest Regional Airport 52F, one of the nation's most densely populated RV roosts. Bring your bride out to the Blue Hangar Cafe any Saturday to meet RVers and get a taste of the community. Monica and Blake are a great spokes-couple.
Give me 11 more hours to finish my -7A's Phase 1 fly-off and I'll take you up for a demo.

tfoster100 07-03-2015 07:35 AM

Thanks everyone. And I am out at 52F a lot for my lessons, so will look for you guys. I see a lot of RVs out there - they all look pretty fast compared to the Cherokee I'm learning in.

Thanks again.

BillL 07-03-2015 11:17 AM

Link for Tim's Photos.

BruceEicher 07-04-2015 12:56 AM

I'm reading this in a friend's beach house on the Oregon coast; why my wife likes the RV; trip to coast, 25 minutes, or fight holiday auto traffic, 3 hours. Trip to see her mother in Montana, 14 hours by car, that's not going to happen but every two years, fly an RV, 3 hours, sure I will even go (read fly) more than once a year! Visit daughter in Cashmere WA, 5.5 ground bound hours or 55 minutes by air and land a few blocks from her house.
So start thinking about family and friends that you will visit (or get away spots, events or camping) because now you can on a two day weekend.
For us pilots the trip is the adventure but for many passenger types it is the destination, But the RV makes it possible for both!

Paul 5r4 07-04-2015 03:44 AM

in addition to Bruce's post above...
 
Hey,
Short RV story! Sitting with my girlfriend late one evening at my house in Foley, Alabama she said to me, "I'd like to go see my sister tomorrow." Her sis lives in Panama City Beach, Florida. It's a 3 hour trip ONE WAY by car. Of course I smilingly agreed to drive her, (I could not stay due to work and her car wasn't here for her to drive). Inside I was kicking and screaming...:mad::mad::mad: cause I didn't want to spend a day driving 6 hours! Wheels turned and I quietly checked the forecast for early morning... GREAT. Next morning we flew along the coast with flight following. Landed 35 minutes after takeoff. I said my hellos and good byes and quickly departed for the return flight. I was back on the ground at home in about an hour plus 15! These RV's are the best cross county machines on the planet. Mine does exactly what Vans said it would and I have a 160 hp with fixed pitch prop pulling my 7A.

Tim, welcome to the club. Guys like you are why I continue to pay my dues. I could not have built mine with out the assistance of the many wonderfully helpful members here on VAF!


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