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12-02-2017, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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As a friend said, when I was trying to decide on what to build, "There is a reason that there are over 4,500 flying." OK, I started building some time ago.
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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12-02-2017, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Crestwood, KY
Posts: 848
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Congrats to Vans and all of us
Congratulations to everyone at Vans and all of us who helped reach this number. My 9A is part of the first 10,000. The 12 we are building in my garage will be part of the second 10,000.
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Mike
RV-9A Based K6I2
Flying - out of Phase 1
Building RV-12 with brother
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12-02-2017, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Anywhere, USA
Posts: 1,132
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Van is the Man
Van is the Man
Congrats,
Boomer
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Bruce (BOOMER) Pauley
Kathy (KAT) Pauley
RV 7A--"MISS MARIE"--- N177WD (SOLD FLYING)72742
VAF #582-----------------EAA LIFETIME MEMBER
EX -KC-135A -------------BOOM OPERATOR #3633
VAN'S FLIGHT------------#6930
See you in OSHKOSH
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/index....ley&project=84
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12-02-2017, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
Posts: 1,031
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Happy to see it was a 7 tipper! The best config of the bunch. ;-). Congrats!
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Bill Bencze
N430WB RV-7 #74152 @ KHAF, tip-up; IO-360-M1B; Hartzell CS. !! Phase 1 !!
2357 hrs over 8.5 years to get to flying. Log at: http://rv7.wbencze.com
VAF 2020 donation happily made
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12-04-2017, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Jacksonville,Fl. 32246
Posts: 270
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Unbelievable, wonderful tribute to a great man and fantastic company ! Tom
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Tomcat RV4
RV4 gone to RV heaven !building Zenith 701
dues paid and worth every penny
Life is uncertain -Eat desert first !
U F O Member since Dec 2017
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12-04-2017, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,964
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Wonderful news!
Big time congratulations are in order. What a milestone that is!
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12-04-2017, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Littleton, Colorado
Posts: 269
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Can't Wait......
.....till mine will be number 10,xxx someday! Working on Fuel Tanks - trying to get the wings done by the time this winter wraps up. QB fuse order is on the horizon....
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Bryan Raley
http://bryansrv8project.blogspot.com/
Building RV8
EAA Chapter 301
CFII/MEI, ATP
SportAir Workshop Graduate x 4: Sheet Metal, RV Building, Electrical, and Composite classes.
Tail Wheel Endorsement Completed
Empennage done, Wings in progress, N462AK reserved.
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12-04-2017, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mahomet, Illinois
Posts: 2,195
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BIG place in GA history.....
These total production numbers came from wikipedia:
Navions - 2,634
Cessna 170s - 5,174
Stinson 108s - 5,260
Ercoupes - 5,685
J-3 Cubs - 19,388
Bonanzas - 17,000 (all variations, all years '47 - '82)
Cherokee series - 32,778+ (incl. Warriors, Archers, Arrows, etc; 1961-2015)
For me, this makes the 10,000 flying RVs all the more impressive.
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Terry Ruprecht
RV-9A Tip-up; IO-320 D2A
S. James cowl/plenum
(Dues paid thru Nov '18)
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12-04-2017, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mahomet, Illinois
Posts: 2,195
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More than one per day for 21 yrs!
Looking at old copies of the RVator, the oldest ?RVs Flying? counter I show is February '97 and it shows 1556 RVs flying. (Later that year, the counter showed 1704 in the August '97 issue.) With today?s counter at 10,000, basic cipherin' shows 8444 RVs gone airborne over 20yrs, 10 months. That's an average of 402 RVs per year, or more than ONE PER DAY across nearly 21 years.
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Terry Ruprecht
RV-9A Tip-up; IO-320 D2A
S. James cowl/plenum
(Dues paid thru Nov '18)
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