Hi all. First project thread here.
35 years old, British, living in beautiful Palm Springs California. Learned to fly about 10 years ago at White Waltham airfield in the UK.
I have owned an Avid Speedwing, Europa and a Cri-Cri.
Now flying an absolutely fantastic O-360 RV-4, which I bought right after moving to the US in 2017. I have around 200 hours in the aircraft, including three cross-country trips to Oshkosh.
I absolutely LOVE flying in the US. Imagine an East German walking into a West German supermarket in 1989 - that's how I feel about it. It's so good.
Where else in the world can you land your own aircraft on a dry lakebed in the middle of the desert, like this...
... only to randomly meet two guys doing the same thing in a Cessna 195...
who then give you a sandwich like this...
What an amazing place.
Whilst I really enjoy flying the RV-4, I've been interested in owning an RV-6 for a while. I fly long distances quite a lot and could use a bit more cabin space.
A few weeks ago a friend found out about an RV-6 that was for sale at an airport up near Sacramento. After deciding the project was too much for him, he passed the details on to me. Because I have never owned anything that doesn't need a load of fixing-up, I bought it. Ugh.
35 years old, British, living in beautiful Palm Springs California. Learned to fly about 10 years ago at White Waltham airfield in the UK.
I have owned an Avid Speedwing, Europa and a Cri-Cri.
![bgahJtY.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbgahJtY.jpg&hash=598fc3428059ca01b5125818ef251136)
![biX0nkZ.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbiX0nkZ.jpg&hash=61c9d8d67f82cf33f1774e9d2a20b01c)
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Now flying an absolutely fantastic O-360 RV-4, which I bought right after moving to the US in 2017. I have around 200 hours in the aircraft, including three cross-country trips to Oshkosh.
![IQNYWFR.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIQNYWFR.jpg&hash=a7ab94ed8af3e906e2dadc7de8ef597a)
I absolutely LOVE flying in the US. Imagine an East German walking into a West German supermarket in 1989 - that's how I feel about it. It's so good.
Where else in the world can you land your own aircraft on a dry lakebed in the middle of the desert, like this...
![S96VAPy.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS96VAPy.jpg&hash=903cf71b8352f8091446bcef6ceab26a)
... only to randomly meet two guys doing the same thing in a Cessna 195...
![UwbTLyQ.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUwbTLyQ.jpg&hash=1b49eb92086f07cc01c4ff07837e58f6)
who then give you a sandwich like this...
![XNAlIiw.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXNAlIiw.jpg&hash=32b339942ed8031a5a8e1c4572b52556)
What an amazing place.
Whilst I really enjoy flying the RV-4, I've been interested in owning an RV-6 for a while. I fly long distances quite a lot and could use a bit more cabin space.
A few weeks ago a friend found out about an RV-6 that was for sale at an airport up near Sacramento. After deciding the project was too much for him, he passed the details on to me. Because I have never owned anything that doesn't need a load of fixing-up, I bought it. Ugh.
![kNPPojC.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkNPPojC.jpg&hash=0d86a53f803d167ddc2618018e4153d1)
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