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04-15-2012, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 2,690
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RV Grin number seven thousand something
Today was the day gents!
7 years, 1 month and 14 days.
Perfect weather at AVL this AM. Clear and calm (at least the weather was)
Tower, safety and ground crew all ready.
Flew for about 30 minutes to make a few trips around the field at 3000 AGL, calm down, check the gages (all better than expected) and a practice approach at 2000 AGL and then came around once more for a greaser.
Ground crew quickly administered a very nice cigar from some joint south of Florida.
We peeled off the cowl and gave it a serious eyeballing. Nothing to speak of.
Diane and I went to lunch so I could settle down and then came back for a repeat flight with similar profile but just more engine time. It was getting windy by early afternoon and pretty bumpy so I called it a day at end of second flight.
Dang my cheeks hurt. REALLY, I'm not lyin' 
Click on the latest work link below for more pics.
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Bill Pendergrass
ME/AE '82
RV-7A: Flying since April 15, 2012. 850 hrs
YIO-360-M1B, mags, CS, GRT EX and WS H1s & A/P, Navworx
Unpainted, polished....kinda'... Eyeballin' vinyl really hard.
Yeah. The boss got a Silhouette Cameo 4 Xmas 2019.
Last edited by rzbill : 04-15-2012 at 08:15 PM.
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04-15-2012, 06:15 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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Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill, great grin-----front page material if I ever saw it.
Congrats, this is a feeling you will never forget.
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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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04-15-2012, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,452
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Congrats.
Great job getting it done. Only thing better would be owning that house up on the hill in your first pic, so you could look down an airport everyday.
Enjoy.
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Rick Woodall C-GSTT "ghost"
9a -TMX io-320, catto three blade, dual dynon hdx with a/p. 900+ hrs in 8 yrs flying. 
Flew to Osh 11,12,15,17,19. SNF 2013. West to Cali /Washington/Vancouver/crossed the Rockies north to Red Deer east to Moosonee and over to maritimes. South to Jekyll Isl, cedar key, and Key West etc. 6 trips and 17 islands of the Bahamas. Flown turtles and dogs for Pilots n Paws too. Love our Rv's 
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04-15-2012, 06:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
Posts: 878
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Enjoy!
Congratulations!
Now the real fun begins!
Mark
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Mark Burns
Ruston, Louisiana
RV-7A N781CM 1,650+ hrs
FFI FL-24
A&P
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04-15-2012, 06:49 PM
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VAF Moderator / Line Boy
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
Posts: 12,243
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Great job - congratulations Bill!
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Paul F. Dye
Editor at Large - KITPLANES Magazine
RV-8 - N188PD - "Valkyrie"
RV-6 (By Marriage) - N164MS - "Mikey"
RV-3B - N13PL - "Tsamsiyu"
A&P, EAA Tech Counselor/Flight Advisor
Dayton Valley Airpark (A34)
http://Ironflight.com
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04-15-2012, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ridgeland, SC
Posts: 2,583
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Congrats Bill on a job well done!
Tom
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Tom Swearengen, TS Flightlines LLC, AS Flightlines
Joint Venture with Aircraft Specialty
Teflon Hose Assemblies for Experimentals
Proud Vendor for RV1, Donator to VAF
RV7 Tail Kit Completed, Fuse started-Pay as I go Plan
Ridgeland, SC
www.tsflightlines.com, www.asflightlines.com
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04-16-2012, 05:57 AM
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Moderator/Tech Counselor
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: East Troy, WI
Posts: 1,983
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Roberta Hegy
Built/Flew an RV-7A
Air Troy Estates, East Troy, WI
Ford Expedition and TRICE "Q"
Built Glen L "ZIP" Classic Outboard Runabout and Super Spartan Hydroplane
Glen L Torpedo
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04-16-2012, 06:07 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: chesapeake, va
Posts: 96
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:)
Congrats on a job well done. Great grin! Definitely front page material.
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04-16-2012, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Irmo, South Carolina
Posts: 361
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Way to go, Bill
I remember seeing this in your basement several years ago. Mighty fine work you were doing. Glad to see it pay off for you. After phase 1, y'all fly down to Columbia and lunch will be on me. After all, when ours is completed, AVL will be our first cross country. Congratulations on a job well done.
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Robert Cutter
RC & Moonpie
RV7 slider - First flight 5/3/14
Over 500 hours on the Hobbs now
N516RC
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04-16-2012, 06:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Congrats Bill!
I hope to see you at some of the local fly-in's soon!
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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