I remember when... - Page 2

N282S · #11 03-01-2009, 04:34 AM

I remember on the way home from grade school some of us guys would drop into the drug store to ogle the latest Playboy. I would hang around until everyone left then I would ogle the Fly Baby centerfold in Mechanics Illustrated. I couldn't believe you could actually build an airplane. I was hooked. Since then I've become a repeat offender. Oh, I also got the other kind of hooked.

Ironflight · #12 03-01-2009, 08:25 AM

I remember when one of my young Flight Controllers came to my office for a little mentoring chat, and mentioned that he had started building an RV-7. We talked about the kit, and how they had Quickbuilds - and he gave me the Van's web address. I wen to the site, saw the RV-8....and NEW, right then, that I had found my airplane!

Three weeks later, the tail kit was on its way...

Paul

RV8iator · #13 03-01-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JonJay

$80K later, and sans one wife, it was done.
Thanks Ken. Two great things came out of that trip

The reason some things cost so much is because they are worth it!

N55CU · #14 03-01-2009, 07:54 PM

Hey Bill: I remember visiting you in your basement (March 05) when your RV-9 filled up the whole basement! You gave me a lesson in how to rivet as my tail kit was ordered and I wanted to start out right! You took the time to give me the basic's and it was well appreciated!
Randy "Utz" Utsey
N55CU / RV-7 / 180 hrs
Charlotte, N.C.

N941WR · #15 03-01-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by N55CU

Hey Bill: I remember visiting you in your basement (March 05) when your RV-9 filled up the whole basement! You gave me a lesson in how to rivet as my tail kit was ordered and I wanted to start out right! You took the time to give me the basic's and it was well appreciated!
Randy "Utz" Utsey
N55CU / RV-7 / 180 hrs
Charlotte, N.C.

Randy,

And look what happened, you built a beautiful airplane. Not only that, but you have been flying the heck out of it!

For those of you who don't know, Randy owns that beautiful yellow RV-7 w/ the matching three bladed prop that graced this web site last fall.

longranger · #16 03-01-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaypratt

I remember when I knew all the RV builders and flyer's in north Texas 1996,,,,, And there was no Vans Aircraft Forums..............
Now, 2009, I have helped build on a major portion of 32 RVs and can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

Jay, IIRC, We went to Rio Concho, but you didn't eat lunch yesterday, at least not while I was there...