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12-22-2010, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Posts: 447
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Quote:
Originally Posted by douglassmt
Getting my instrument rating.
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I'm Almost 2/3 through the instrument rating- but the Formation card got in the way
Formation can be addicting! One good year!
Congrats on the PP License!
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12-22-2010, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bennington, Vermont USA
Posts: 1,301
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Completed Phase 1 Flight Testing
...and started carrying passengers and venturing further afield.
Jim Sharkey
RV-6
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12-22-2010, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chino, CA
Posts: 738
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1,000 hours
In late November when I totalled up my RV hours there were
4 numbers (went past 1,000 hours logged). 800+ in my RV-6
and just under 200 in my RV-8A (although the hobbs is 220+).
Have more RV time now than any other make and model.
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Tom Prokop
Chino, CA
RV-8A,180/CS/Carb, AFS 4500 EFIS/EMS
RV-6, sold, 820 hrs of fun.
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12-22-2010, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hicks Airfield, Fort Worth,Texas
Posts: 1,728
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2010
I added to my collection of airplanes.
A Cessna 1976 180J. I have wanted one of these since I started to fly. A dream come true. I have named it 'Paul Revere'. This is one of the Best camping airplanes. Our favorite vacation thing to do, aircraft camping.
Flew the RV8 'Borrowed Horse' to lunch today with some of the local RVers. We stoped at friends airport homes and delivered gifts and Christmas Cards. Love my RV8
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Jay Pratt VAF #2
RV Central - Builder Assistance
Paul Revere, Borrowed Horse, & Shooter
Last edited by Jaypratt : 12-22-2010 at 05:56 PM.
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12-22-2010, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,544
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This was a very good year for me and my EVO rocket. I had the ECI cylinder recall to deal with before the beginning of the flying season and I lost about a month of flying time but I still managed to get my 100 hours in. The engine has never been stronger and my race times reflected that change. In the last year I set a personal best time of 277.31mph, 241knots at the Taylor Rocket 100.
My first race there, in 2006, my average speed was 236.24mph for an increase of 41.1mph in five race seasons. Flat out I am now running at Vne and so future improvements on the plane will be offset by lower rpms. Efficiency is my next target; same speeds with less fuel.
I believe that I now have the fastest recorded time of any rocket or RV.
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Tom Martin RV1 pilot 4.6hours!
CPL & IFR rated
EVO F1 Rocket 1000 hours,
2010 SARL Rocket 100 race, average speed of 238.6 knots/274.6mph
RV4, RV7, RV10, two HRIIs and five F1 Rockets
RV14 Tail dragger
Fairlea Field
St.Thomas, Ontario Canada, CYQS
fairleafield@gmail.com
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12-22-2010, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Albuquerque
Posts: 297
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1st Flight
My -9A flew!!!
Dave
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12-22-2010, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
Posts: 335
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I was busy
I started off 2010 with my multi rating, followed closely by my Multi-IFR. I got my first commercial aviation job working at a fly-in fishing camp only to get laid off 6 weeks later.
After coming home, I got a non-aviation job and with that money I started my RV8.
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RV-8
Empennage Passed Pre-close Inspection
Wings mostly done
Fuselage is "in the mail"
83126
Dash 8 day job is financing the RV-8
Donation till September 2021
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12-23-2010, 01:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Posts: 1,128
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Worth the wait!
After 13 years of building I finally got my "Grin" with Mike Seager at OSH. 
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Tom Norwood
Classic "Short Tail 6A N822PM
TMX-O360. Phase 1
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12-23-2010, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Douglas Flat, CA
Posts: 589
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I finished a set of carbon fiber sailplane wings and got them hung on a fuselage.
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Bob Kuykendall
HP-24 kit sailplane
EAA Technical Counselor
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12-23-2010, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 183
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me too
Finished and flew my plane. Flew it to Sun n fun and Oshkosh with my oldest boy, Charleston SC 22 times, Atlanta twice to see the Braves with each of my sons, and Teterboro NJ to see the Titans play the NY Giants in the New Meadowlands Stadium. Logged over 145 hours in 8 months of flying my RV.
Got my CFII ticket and haven't used it once! I take that back, I took my oldest daughter flying a few times and logged IP time.
I guess of all that, flying my kids in a plane we built in our basement was the highlight. It doesn't get much better than that.
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Greg Marlow
RV-9A Flying - sold
4 pl Bearhawk - flying ("sold" to the insurance company)
RV-14A - finishing up
Dues gladly paid
East Tennessee/SW Virginia
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