Here’s a local kid who grew up around his dad’s RV-7 and now is flying it solo.
https://youtu.be/04V_5C2vf94
Tyler Savrda just turned 17 in December and since then has acquired his PPL and his rotorcraft helicopter license. He’s scheduled for his instrument check ride in a couple of weeks. In September he enters Jacksonville University’s aviation program. Pretty amazing kid. While I credit his parents for most of his success, you can’t discount the influence the RV has had in his development. He literally grew up while his dad, Tom, was building the -7, made numerous trips to fly-ins, including Oshkosh where his dad won the Lindy for the RV-7. You would often see him hanging out with his dad around the hangars here in Vero. On Sundays, we would have our regular breakfast flights and he was often in the right seat of dad’s airplane. He flew with me countless times on the way home because he wanted to do aerobatics and his dad wasn’t into that. I was impressed with his natural flying ability, and it wasn’t long before I had him landing the airplane. He definitely caught the RV bug. For sure!
Tom and Tyler are currently building a -9 so that Tyler will have something to build time in. And so Tom can get his -7 back!
So this story may be about Tyler but it’s also about how this wonderful airplane has molded a kid’s life!
https://youtu.be/04V_5C2vf94
Tyler Savrda just turned 17 in December and since then has acquired his PPL and his rotorcraft helicopter license. He’s scheduled for his instrument check ride in a couple of weeks. In September he enters Jacksonville University’s aviation program. Pretty amazing kid. While I credit his parents for most of his success, you can’t discount the influence the RV has had in his development. He literally grew up while his dad, Tom, was building the -7, made numerous trips to fly-ins, including Oshkosh where his dad won the Lindy for the RV-7. You would often see him hanging out with his dad around the hangars here in Vero. On Sundays, we would have our regular breakfast flights and he was often in the right seat of dad’s airplane. He flew with me countless times on the way home because he wanted to do aerobatics and his dad wasn’t into that. I was impressed with his natural flying ability, and it wasn’t long before I had him landing the airplane. He definitely caught the RV bug. For sure!
Tom and Tyler are currently building a -9 so that Tyler will have something to build time in. And so Tom can get his -7 back!
So this story may be about Tyler but it’s also about how this wonderful airplane has molded a kid’s life!
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