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Old 05-23-2012, 09:07 AM
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After a hiatus of far too long, I'm back to drilling holes and pounding rivets. Is there an active builders or fliers group in Colorado? We had a pretty active crowd in Orlando so I thought I would check to see if there is such a thing here.

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Old 05-23-2012, 09:30 AM
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Just kidding. I thought about forming a statewide group; but I'm sure there is an active group of RV builders in the Denver area.
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Old 05-23-2012, 10:10 AM
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After a hiatus of far too long, I'm back to drilling holes and pounding rivets. Is there an active builders or fliers group in Colorado? We had a pretty active crowd in Orlando so I thought I would check to see if there is such a thing here.

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What burb are you in? I am just north of Denver,I don't know of a builders club but I am aware of a few local builds going on.

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Old 05-23-2012, 11:13 AM
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Old 05-23-2012, 11:57 AM
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What burb are you in? I am just north of Denver,I don't know of a builders club but I am aware of a few local builds going on.

Aaron
I'm just north of Parker near 470 and Smoky Hill.

Van's website shows a group called Rocky Mountain RVators with a Doug Bloomberg listed as contact, but the phone number is wrong. In Orlando we used to get together once in a while at someone's project and make fun of...I mean advise them on the proper way to build an airplane. It often involved a beer or two and some sort of grilled meat on a bun was typically involved. Or the gathering was at an airport where those who appreciate free fuel would take those in need of motivation up in the air.....followed by more grilled meat and a beer at a local restaurant.
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Old 05-23-2012, 12:12 PM
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Bill,

There are several builders and RV flyers in the Denver area. EAA Chapter 301, which meets right near where you live (Parker) is a good way to meet a bunch of them. I know several people who hangara out at Front Range airport and have hangar movie nights and BBQs every so often. There is a Yahoo group that works kind of like the Matronics message board (only through email) for several of the front range folks to plan said events. You are in good company here...
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:08 PM
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There's also a relatively new group forming, I've been asked a couple times to join but haven't yet (probably when kids are bigger). I know a couple of the guys in it, nice and have very nice planes (not all experimentals). They held a warbird and hot rod show recently at Centennial.

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Old 05-23-2012, 01:20 PM
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Bill,

There are several builders and RV flyers in the Denver area. EAA Chapter 301, which meets right near where you live (Parker) is a good way to meet a bunch of them. I know several people who hangara out at Front Range airport and have hangar movie nights and BBQs every so often. There is a Yahoo group that works kind of like the Matronics message board (only through email) for several of the front range folks to plan said events. You are in good company here...
Thanks Mike, I'll head over to their June meeting to say hello. I'm a member of a yahoo group called ColoradoRV but there isn't much traffic on it. I think the last post was in 2010. I'll admit that EAA had not crossed my mind in a while..but I'll remedy that.

Next time you hear about one of those Front Range Hangar gatherings....give a shout out please.

Dwight, I'll look into that one as well.
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:39 PM
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Thanks Mike, I'll head over to their June meeting to say hello. I'm a member of a yahoo group called ColoradoRV but there isn't much traffic on it. I think the last post was in 2010. I'll admit that EAA had not crossed my mind in a while..but I'll remedy that.

Next time you hear about one of those Front Range Hangar gatherings....give a shout out please.
Welcome Bill! Unfortunately...in my opinion, there are no RV-specific active builder groups in the Denver area that I am aware of. The EAA 301 group is fine, and I am a member, but its certainly not an "RV group". I have been contemplating starting a group...but really am just too busy right now with building and other stuff to do it. Once my plane is flying in about a year, I will revisit this if someone hasnt beat me to it by then.

With all that being said, we do have informal stuff from time to time, that I can keep you abreast of...send me a PM if you're interested.
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:45 PM
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I heard once that there was a yahoo group of Colorado RV'ers but did not catch the contact info. Anybody know if that is true and whether they are active?

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