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01-17-2012, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Fredericton NB Canada
Posts: 23
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80065
Hi
80065 was my first RV8 build, 98/99, it is currently owned by the President of Vintage Wings in Quebec Canada, used regularly and often serves duty as chase/support plane for their warbirds.
Jerry
My current 8 is 81692.

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01-18-2012, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
Posts: 1,186
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lancef53
My plane started out as Builder Number 80114. I purchased the tail and wings from another builder, and went to my builder number 82780 when I finished it in April of 2010.
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Aww, our planes are almost brothers. Smokey's number is 80113.
Does anyone remember who finished Phil Arter's plane, 80005? It was posted once, a few years ago, and I recall that I recognized the name.
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Don McNamara
Peoria, AZ
Builder: RV-8 "Smokey"
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01-18-2012, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Southlake, Texas
Posts: 626
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Kit number vs complete date?
80434 Slow build kit
Drilled first hole: Sept 22, 1997
First Flight: July 12, 2000
Actual build time 2 years 7 month. The difference was waiting for parts.
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Danny King
Beautiful Doll 80434 TT 1675 hours
I0360 A1B6 200 HP
Christen Inverted Oil
First Flight 12 July 2000
VAF Dues current for 2020
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01-18-2012, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
Posts: 1,186
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Looking for LOW numbers, Danny, not HIGH.
Go back to your nap.
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Don McNamara
Peoria, AZ
Builder: RV-8 "Smokey"
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06-25-2013, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Mount Vernon, Wa
Posts: 643
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Kit # Vs Completion date?!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny King
80434 Slow build kit
Drilled first hole: Sept 22, 1997
First Flight: July 12, 2000
Actual build time 2 years 7 month. The difference was waiting for parts.
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I'm builder#80566. I know its not a "low" number. But, I wouldn't be surprised if I end up with one of the longest build times.
I put my build on hold when I ran into trouble with my transition from career military to career civilian. After 9/11, it was again put on hold because I was laid off from my avionics job.
My tail kit has spent the last 15 years sitting on the shelf as motivation to get myself through a career change, get 2 kids through college, and get a nice house the wife likes and that has space for a workshop.
I'm finally down to the last task before getting to work on that airplane. Since my "shop" is the back half of our large 4-car garage, I had to promise the wife I'd make nice shop cabinets to keep everything organized. And, I have to make her some shelving along the front half of the garage to store all of her Costco treasure.
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Ken W.
Mount Vernon, WA
2020 VAF Supporter
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06-25-2013, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 1,324
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80041, 9/25/2003
John Clark ATP, CFI
FAAST Team Representative
EAA Flight Advisor
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA
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06-25-2013, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: houston, texas
Posts: 900
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Me also
I can tell you that Jerry Van. has #88 in his stable and I have #888, but I do not know whom has #8. I have often thought it would be nice to know.
Yours as always R.E.A. III # 80888
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06-25-2013, 10:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Posts: 393
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I believe Phil Arter's plane was eventually finished by Joel Harding of Larkspur, CO.
Joel Harding, Phil Arter, Greg Puckett, and I ordered our kits on the first day. I had kit #80033 and i think i was the highest number in the group. I ended up selling it to Fred Hollendorfer in the Denver area. I'm pretty sure he ended up finishing an 8, but I'm not sure if he used my original builder's number in the end.
That was all a very long time ago!
Anybody remember Bob Skinner, Dean Hall, Fred Stucklen (I know he's still around)?
Joel Harding and I drove out to the first Burlington fly-in together. We shared a room and Joel was ticked with me for snoring so loudly that I kept him up all night. In reality, I didn't get much sleep, either, because he was smacking me with a pillow every 30 minutes. Good times.
Bob Nuckolls was a featured speaker at that event. The Orndorffs were there and John Stewart was showing off his first masterpiece--an RV6 if I remember correctly. It was a pretty advanced machine because it had an autopilot and a full VM1000 setup. I won a set of dimple dies from Avery for being the youngest builder in attendance. I think I would have been 28 or 29 at the time.
Sorry for rambling on... Thinking of the first RV-8 kits just brings back a flood of memories for me.
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Rod Woodard
Brighton, Colorado (CO12)
RV-3 N87CT (Thanks Chuck!)
Glasair 1RG N388DM
RV-3 N99RV sold 01/2000
F1 MkIII empennage?arrived 08/22/2018--collecting dust
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06-26-2013, 12:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ashland, OR
Posts: 2,574
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80009?
A friend of mine looked at a Sport Cub for sale in Independence, Oregon this past week, and it shared a hangar with a very early RV-8, he thought it was #9?
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Steve Smith
Aeronautical Engineer
RV-8 N825RV
IO-360 A1A
WW 200RV
"The Magic Carpet"
Hobbs 625
LS6-15/18W sailplane SOLD
bought my old LS6-A back!! 
VAF donation Jan 2020
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06-26-2013, 03:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Denver (KFTG)
Posts: 11
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It's nice to mentioned in such lofty circles and while not in the lower number category I did purchase my empennage kit in '97. My kit number is 80467 not 80033 ( that is my zip code though sorry Ron) and was purchased directly from from Van's. As I recall Phil Arter built my fuselage jig and was passed on to Joel Harding who passed it to me. It then went to Lloyd Remus in Colorado Springs where it may have built several other RV8s. Joel and I helped each other on our wings and spent many hours visiting and lucky for me we're still good friends. My -8 finally flew in May of 2010. Not the longest build time (12 1/2 yrs) but certainly long enough 
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Fred Hollendorfer
RV8, N998W
Denver (KFTG)
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