[Ironflight]

A year or so back, we met a great fellow RV Fanatic at one of our Fly-in lunches at Big Bear Lake. He?s currently building a -3, but seems to be doing so quietly?which is perfectly OK. We correspond once in awhile, and the other day, what shows up at our doorstep? A box with these two matching shirts inside!

The amazing thing about these shirts (The slogan reads ?RV-3: Viagra for the Soul?) is that the picture on the back is of the airplane that convinced Louise and I to build a -3! We saw Chuck?s airplane at LOE a few year?s back, and it was without a doubt the most perfect example of the breed in existence. Beautifully detailed and finished with flair ? it screamed ?personal machine? just sitting there. In fact, it stole the show, and our imaginations. Now here we are a couple of years later with our own -3B getting closer and closer to flight, and two great shirts to show off!

I?ll let our benefactor identify himself if he wishes (I don?t like to ?shout out? unless a person wishes to be known) but isn?t it amazing the people that you meet and the kindnesses they can extend within this wonderful RV world? Sure, there are always a few bad apples ? but with so many good apples in the basket, who cares?

Paul

 

[Frank Smidler]

Show of hands, who thinks Louise should have been facing the camera and Paul the other way?

Nice shirts

 

[Mike S]

Show of hands, who thinks Louise should have been facing the camera and Paul the other way?

Nice shirts

Yep......

 

[Michael White]

Show of hands, who thinks Louise should have been facing the camera and Paul the other way?

Nice shirts

+1 (with extra words thrown it to please the programming...)

 

[pierre smith]

Say, Paul..

...Where can I buy one??

Best,

 

[Ironflight]

Sorry guys...Louise chose the pose.....

...and Pierre, they just showed up.....

 

[flytoday]

Too busy to pose?

I think Paul is holding something for Louise in his left hand, and she doesn't have time to look at the camera!

 

[n5lp]

This is the airplane at LOE. I tried but never could get a shot without people all around it.

 

[Louise Hose]

Our inspiration

This is the airplane at LOE. I tried but never could get a shot without people all around it.

Yep. That's Paul on one of his several inspections of the plane. What a beauty!

 

[Geico266]

Show of hands, who thinks Louise should have been facing the camera and Paul the other way?

Nice shirts

Good call Frank.

 

[David-aviator]

The RV3 sure is cute!

Is there any storage space, like to take a tent and tooth brush to OSH?

 

[Geico266]

The RV3 sure is cute!

Is there any storage space, like to take a tent and tooth brush to OSH?

There is space behind the seat, and behind your head. Not a lot, but it would work fine.

 

[Ironflight]

The RV3 sure is cute!

Is there any storage space, like to take a tent and tooth brush to OSH?

The baggage compartment is surprisingly huge David - about the size of the RV-8's rear compartment. I was surprised. Of course, you can't carry a hundred pounds back there....(until we get finished and weigh things, I am not sure what the limit will be, but between us, Louise and I have about six backpacking tents and an even larger selection of sleeping bags....years of wilderness trips gives us lots of light gear!)