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Old 07-04-2015, 06:35 AM
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I have a son (wife and 3 grandkids) that lives 6 hours by car and involves driving around Ft Worth and N Dallas so that trip can be miserable and unpredictable because of traffic! When I brought up the subject of building an RV to my wife, my main selling point was cutting this 6 hours down to less than 2 hours in a RV! Plus, the short field performance enables me to land on my farm and operate out of my hanger/barn 20 steps from my back door. Bonus, RV7 25' wingspan takes so much less room in the hanger than a big ole Cessna! Livin the dream for me is, suddenly deciding to go somewhere, lock the house, throw a bag into the RV, and blast off!.....I started coming to this site over three years ago and now I have 10 more hours of phase 1 to go then the wife and I are gonna go see them grandkids!
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Old 07-04-2015, 11:03 AM
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Tim you are on the same track....the exact same....as I am. I bought a Cherokee and have 27.1 hours towards my private ticket. My plan is to pay the Cherokee off and sell it for the engine I'll put in my RV-7 that I'm planning to build. Welcome to the forum. A lot of good information here and if you don't understand anything...just ask.



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Old 07-04-2015, 03:47 PM
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Default Take a look at the best of the best forum

First one is good,... And probably closest to applicable,... Some others there are not bad either

Get to know some folks out at 52F

Good luck on the journey,....
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Old 07-31-2015, 04:48 PM
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Just did my 40th hour of training. Working on VOR and flying w hood. Only looking at instruments is really weird experience. I can see how people get disoriented in real clouds or fog. Lots more practice and training for me.

Dreaming of my eventual plane. Hope to find some folks to partner with for a RV9a or maybe RV10. Maybe the 14 though or the 12 for the lower cost. Hard to decide but I have about a year to speculate and change my mind.

Already planning to take my wife to Oshkosh next year. She is slowly warming up to the idea of flying and getting a plane. Several 7 hour car trips lately are helping.

Thanks for all the encouragement. This is a great site.
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