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06-06-2014, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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RV-7A #74351 Canberra
This has been on my bucket list since I was a teenager and now, finally, I have the time and the financial resources to fullfil the dream. And a supportive wife is a big bonus too. Last Christmas she bought me the preview plans, DVDs and the practice toolbox and said something like "How about you get a bloody move on with this!" So I did. But there was one small problem to fix before I could get started - I had nowhere to build an aircraft! It was time to build a shed/workshop/man (van) cave/whatever you may like to call it. It's done now and as I look at it completed I'm kinda thinkin' I'll call it the Taj Mahal! Many thanks to Robyne and the team at Clearspan Builders in Queanbeyan who did a great job. Here's a quick look at the shed build.
the old carport - site for the shed
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06-06-2014, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: McKinney, TX
Posts: 689
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That, sir, is not a shed. It is clearly an airplane factory!
Congratulations and best of luck on your build.
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Gil Brice
McKinney, TX EAA-1246
RV7 - Working on fuse, fuel, brakes etc...
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06-06-2014, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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Thanks Lemmingman - I'm still coming to grips with posting pics here - stay tuned  |
06-06-2014, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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carport removed
levelling site
ready for concrete
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06-06-2014, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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how did they get that thing in my driveway???
get that concrete laid!
concrete set
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06-06-2014, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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frame built
the Taj Mahal
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06-06-2014, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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And now the best bit
Well the day my shed was completed was the day my empennage kit arrived in Sydney. I picked it up there to save on the freight costs to Canberra.
Who knew an empennage kit would fit in a Hyundai Getz?
And home safe and sound
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06-06-2014, 07:57 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Welcome to VAF!
Ian, welcome to VAF 
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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06-06-2014, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 57
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Thanks Mike .. I've been lurking here for about 6 months and this is just the most amazing resource for RV builders.
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Ian Warburton
Canberra, Australia (the nation's capital)
RV-7A #74351 Empennage finished (including the tips)
RV-8 VH-DAF (part-owned)
PA-28-140 VH-IAL
Working on wings and fuse
https://rv7warbo.wordpress.com/
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
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06-07-2014, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Newcastle NSW Australia
Posts: 89
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G'DAY
G'day Warbo,
Congratulations on the aircraft factory & kit.
If you are the Warbo I remember then you will enjoy the build & flying.
Call for a yarn - 0418 570768
Regards
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Bob Redman
Newcastle NSW Australia
RV-7
Financial until 2029
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