JonJay
Well Known Member
Van was at the EAA105 chapter breakfast last Saturday as he commonly is. He flew the RV12 and I could not help but ask him why. "You have a choice of all of the high performance machines to fly, why did you bring the 12?"
"For the Fun of it! Each of our machines where designed for a purpose, and the 12 is all about fun. It is very fun to fly and you can still get somewhere remarkably fast and comfortable. It has the best visibility of all of the RV's......"
His eyes lit up as he started to talk to me about all of the interesting things HE discovered as they where building the 12, simple things like pitot tube location, which is straight out of the spinner, and why it had to be chamfered and why so many LSA's report impossible numbers due to wing tip mounted pitot error, and on and on,....
His enthusiasm for the 12 was really neat to see. For those that know him, Van can be quiet, but once you get him going, watch out. He was like a kid in a candy store.
A croud quickly grew, and all of the questions that everybody wants answers too, like when can I order, and how much is the kit, started flying... He got a bit quiet again, and I excused myself leaving the crowd behind.
I hope I can maintain the same enthusiasm when I reach that stage of my life as he has, and I hope I don't have to be accountable for too many hard questions as I just want to have FUN too....
"For the Fun of it! Each of our machines where designed for a purpose, and the 12 is all about fun. It is very fun to fly and you can still get somewhere remarkably fast and comfortable. It has the best visibility of all of the RV's......"
His eyes lit up as he started to talk to me about all of the interesting things HE discovered as they where building the 12, simple things like pitot tube location, which is straight out of the spinner, and why it had to be chamfered and why so many LSA's report impossible numbers due to wing tip mounted pitot error, and on and on,....
His enthusiasm for the 12 was really neat to see. For those that know him, Van can be quiet, but once you get him going, watch out. He was like a kid in a candy store.
A croud quickly grew, and all of the questions that everybody wants answers too, like when can I order, and how much is the kit, started flying... He got a bit quiet again, and I excused myself leaving the crowd behind.
I hope I can maintain the same enthusiasm when I reach that stage of my life as he has, and I hope I don't have to be accountable for too many hard questions as I just want to have FUN too....