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View Poll Results: Your Builder Age (when construction started)
18-25yrs 29 5.70%
26-30 45 8.84%
31-35 71 13.95%
36-40 69 13.56%
41-45 73 14.34%
46-50 69 13.56%
51-55 73 14.34%
56-60 42 8.25%
61-65 23 4.52%
65+ 15 2.95%
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Old 01-25-2006, 07:56 AM
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Respectfully declining Bill Benedict's advice to wait, I started the -8A at 21 while still in school. Parts of the slow build airframe and engine went through four different moves (Golden, CO to Midland, TX back to Golden, CO to Houston, TX for the "A" and Burlington, CO to Houston, TX for the "P"), it stood by through a wedding, and finally flew in May '05 when I was 26. Get it done early so you can (hopefully) build another later.
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Old 01-25-2006, 07:59 AM
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EX Express One & Zantop. Our motto was " Come on Over to the Ugly side of the Field!" "if it flew in It'll fly out"
Hey, I resemble that remark! I did a short gig at Express One, just over a year, '96-'97, B-727 FE (pax/cargo) then DC-9 FO. First freight job was Airnet (US Check) hauling checks in C-310s. Good times... and "why bother checking the weather, we're going anyway." When were you at Exp One?

John
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Old 01-25-2006, 08:31 AM
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I'll never tell. You'll just have to guess what button I pushed.

Roberta
I would have guessed 18-25 personally
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Old 01-25-2006, 09:43 AM
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I got my 6 tail kit in 1988, at 44. Finished in 1991 and have been flying it ever since. I'm 62 now. What happened between 1988 and 1991 you ask.
Just every day family life, kids in collage, honey dues and working to support the flying bug.
I'm often asked "ws it worth it?" Yes, every time we fly somewere, It was indeed worth it.
Rich
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Old 01-25-2006, 10:16 AM
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I may have you young guys beat, age wise. I started a Fly-Baby at age 16 after fixing a wrecked Taylorcraft at age 15. The T-craft is still flying in Oregon. I paid $900 for it and spent six months getting it in the air. Learned a lot and soloed it on my 16th birthday. I sold the FB project when I started college and have lost track of it. I started the 7A at age 51, and two years later I'm at the FWF/canopy stage. BTW, any crop dusters out there? I worked my way through college in a Pawnee. Steve
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Old 01-25-2006, 10:31 AM
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I was 42 when I started, and I expect to be about 193 when I'm done! Hopefully, the price of a Flux Capacitor will have dropped below the price of a Lycoming by then.

Cheers,
Martin
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Old 01-25-2006, 10:39 AM
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I wished someone would have told me my 8A project was metal I have restored, flown and sold many tube and fabric planes, this is my first all metal project. What the heck am I going to do with my pinking shears and all this dope .... Im in the middle of the pack at 38.
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Old 01-25-2006, 10:56 AM
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26 when started first 7A. 28 finished.
28 started second 7A. Almost done.

Age now: 27

This hobby keeps you young!

Steve
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:22 AM
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26 when started first 7A. 28 finished.
28 started second 7A. Almost done.

Age now: 27
...i don't get it...
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Old 01-25-2006, 11:53 AM
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What the heck am I going to do with my pinking shears and all this dope
Pat
You definitely want to stay away from dope while you're working on your airplane. Beer, maybe, but not dope.

And avoid shearing your pinky at all costs. Even with dope and beer, it'll hurt.
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