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08-15-2012, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Poplar Grove, IL
Posts: 55
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I did it!
RV-8 Empennage has been ordered!! Hi all my name is Michael Foss! Long time pilot, very very new builder! Got a chance to meet the Pratt brothers in OshKosh and that solidified my decision. Now I need to find a support group in the Aurora, IL area as I just got word I'm being transferred in October. I have been poking around the forum for a little while and have started building up the tool database. Just a big THANK YOU for all the advice you have given indirectly through this forum!
Michael
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08-15-2012, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Hilton Head Island
Posts: 1,087
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Welcome Michael!
You're going to love the -8!
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John Mastro
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08-15-2012, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Welcome to VAF!!
Michael, welcome to the good ship VAF 
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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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08-15-2012, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,686
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Congrats!
Michael,
Good call!
Welcome to the -8 club!
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08-15-2012, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hampshire, IL
Posts: 276
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ARR has some RV's based right at the private Sky Haven hangars.
Im building my 7 at DKB A few miles north west, shout if you need anything.
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Bluskydtl
RV7
DKB
Donations 1/19 & 6/19
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08-15-2012, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 330
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Good pick!
Congrats on your pick - you will be very happy But don't listen to me, as I am only .008% complete, or put another way, I am 97% complete with the empennage order form paperwork. But seriously, congrats on diving in, as I have found out, the water is quite nice here in the VAF pool.
Jim
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Jim
RV-8 N223GT (reserved)
Finish - arrived 10/7/15
Fuselage - arrived 3/14/14
Wings - arrived 3/7/13
Builder # 83331
www.mykitlog.com/izzybear
VAF Dues gladly paid up till December 2020
"The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward and wish." - Unknown
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08-15-2012, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 120
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congrats, ordered mine Monday Lots of help and info here.
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Roger
A Brit in Texas
RV8 N886LH (Reserved) BuNo 83320
Collecting books/info/tools.
Tail kit arrived! 9/30/2012
Construction started
"The engine's overheating, and so am I! Either we stand down, or blow up! Now which do you want?" Sqn Ldr Canfield.
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08-17-2012, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 752
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Michael:
Nice to meet you at Oshkosh. Glad to hear that my brother, Mike, and I could be of some help in the decision. The -8 is a wonderful machine and I think you'll find us -8 owners/builders just a little more passionate than the rest of the RV community .
I can already see that some of the IL locals are contacting you and don't forget, there is always advice to be had from the forums. All you have to do is ask.
Enjoy and welcome to the world of Van's RVs.
Chris
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Chris Pratt (2020 VAF DUES PAID)
RV-8 Flying, 850+hours
N898DK
Lycoming O-360-A1A, Hartzell CS
52F (Northwest Regional, Aero Valley, Whatever, TX)
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08-17-2012, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Posts: 427
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chrispratt
. . . I think you'll find us -8 owners/builders just a little more passionate than the rest of the RV community . |
Well yes, but not as passionate as those -3 builders, just a little more boisterous about it. Of course, the rest of the home-built community is just going to laugh at us if RV folks start debating among ourselves which of our subgroups is more over-the-top; they think we're all a little too evangelical about our (clearly superior) RV's. 
Welcome, Michael! Enjoy your build. And remember, if you donate to DR every year, magic shop dust will ensure your project will never stall. Not until you're flying it, anyway.
Stephen
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Stephen & Tyson Humphrey
father-son team building new lives and an RV-9
VAF Donors: 2008 to 2014 * Friends of the RV-1
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08-17-2012, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 54
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Noticed you were a fellow Council Bluffian. I've got an f1 Rocket on field at KCBF. Send me an email or PM if you need anything. There are a few RVs on field here.
Andrew
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