I have been building for five years now. I picked up my RV9A project from a fellow builder who had started building in 2001. He had completed all the tail feathers, ailerons and flaps. I picked up the rest in boxes ready to start my own building project. Ken, if you are out there, she is finally a legal airplane.
Anyway, on June 17, 2005 I started this trek of building an RV9A. Well, without going into a long dissertation that will just bore anyone reading this, I want to post that on Monday, June 7, 2010 my local FISDO office signed off on all the airworthiness paperwork necessary to make this project an actual registered and airworthy aircraft.
Here is a recent picture just from a week ago just prior to having the inspection.
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I have so many people to thank for helping on this project. If I do not mention someone here please note I am eternally grateful for everyone involved. Of the utmost importance to mention is my wife for getting on board with this project. She has spent 5 years of having me postpone many "Honey Do" list items in order to work on the airplane.
I could not have completed this airplane if it were not for my good friend Clark Taylor. Clark is not an RV builder but he is an extremely experienced machinist who has spent his entire adult life working on every imaginable thing that could be built by man. Without his assistance I know I truly could not have completed this airplane.
I also want to thank Doug and everyone on this forum for participating in such a fantastic resource. Without the input from all who post here I would be left in the dark trying to figure out on my own what needed to be done. I truly wonder if I would have attempted this type of construction a decade ago when this forum did not exist. I know many of you on this forum did just that and my hat is off to every one of you. I don't know if I could have done this without being able to go online and ask questions of all those who have been down the road before me.
I look forward to flying my new airplane for the first time. You can be sure I will post again when that happens. I am looking forward to supplying a picture of my "RVGrin" on that day.
The adventure started 5 years ago. The first phase (construction) of the adventure is at its end but now the adventure takes on a new purpose with some very exciting times ahead. The adventure of flying my newly completed airplane is set to begin. I look forward to experiencing all the flying fun I can possibly stand now.
It has been said many times before by many other posters but it stands to be repeated here. Keep bucking those rivets. It will all be worth it some day soon.
Live Long and Prosper!
I have an official airplane!
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