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View Poll Results: What Age Did You Finish Your RV?
18 or less 1 0.41%
20 or less 1 0.41%
25... 14 5.76%
35.... 24 9.88%
40.... 63 25.93%
50..... 75 30.86%
60.... 52 21.40%
70... 15 6.17%
80... 1 0.41%
90.... 2 0.82%
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Old 08-16-2012, 02:49 PM
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Default My 8A took flight

When I was 30, started at 28, paid everything in cash as I went, without help from Mommy and Daddy!
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Old 08-16-2012, 06:32 PM
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Started at 50.
Aiming to finish at 56ish...
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Old 08-17-2012, 06:13 AM
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I started at 52 and finished at 54.

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Old 08-17-2012, 06:31 AM
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Not sure how to reply. I finished mine at 58. So is that "50" or "60"?
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Old 08-17-2012, 07:32 AM
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you can make it 60..... 60 or less.
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Old 08-17-2012, 09:05 AM
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I have ideas with a healthy dose of conservatism that sometimes needed my soul mate to tip the balance. We started our RV-6A the month I turned 60. I was heavily involved in flight projects at JPL and I had a 4 hour chunk of time taken out of my life each day commutimg to and from work. Completion was never in doubt - it just took time - 8 years of it. My category is 70 or less. I have been flying the plane for 8 years now. My inspiration is gone from my life but I did fly 9.2 flight hours solo from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho yesterday with one leg IFR for a cross country air race here tomorrow. I'm planning to stop at the Van's Homecoming on the way home tomorrow.

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Old 08-17-2012, 10:12 AM
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Not finished yet so I have not added my stats, however I am hoping to finish in the next 12-18 months which would put me at 26. The only help Mommy and Daddy have given me would be holding a bucking bar to help pound some rivets. It hasn't been easy but how much fun would it be if everything was simple?

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Old 08-17-2012, 10:16 AM
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I will never forget my wife's words when I told her I wanted to build an airplane. She paused for a couple minutes (a loooong time!) and said, "Well, you don't want to do it when you are 70." I was 59 at the time. I ordered the first kit the next day.

In answer to "...how much fun would it be if it were simple?" I can say as much, or even more. After supervising the build of an RV-12, I can say it was great to watch the builders learn. The 12 is easier, and supervising means less DNA spread about the construction. I guess you could call that a vicarious build, although I will admit to pulling a few rivets here and there. I recommend it!

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Old 08-17-2012, 11:59 AM
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Our airplane turned 2 this past August 8th. Amanda and I worked on that darrrn airplane together. I was 41 and she was 38. Today we thoroughly enjoy the airplane. I agree with the comment that you are never really done. But that is part of what makes it fun!
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Old 08-17-2012, 10:11 PM
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I built my 7 from August 2006 - November 2007. I was 56 when I finished it. I built a Backcountry Supercub from June 2008 - March 2011. I was 60 when I finished it. I am now finishing another 7 and I am 61. Looking to do another Cub after that. Don
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