I had a remarkable evening. I just recently moved back to a small town in Oklahoma which just so happens to be my hometown. I am a curious young man, so I decided to find out who around here flies or builds rv's. I came across one old man. He is a retired, ex-marine, 2 war veteran, 78 year old man who happens to live 20 miles from me, and he just so happened to be a old school RV builder and pilot. I could talk to that man for hours. He had flown and owned numerous great planes in his life.
Greatest of all, he built three flying RV3's . The RV3 is a piece of history to all RV pilots, and there are only roughly 200 flying out there. So that is pretty outstanding in my books.
We ventured out to his hangar to look at his last RV3 built in 1992. It was covered in dust and cobwebs and hasn't been flown in many years. He is in too bad of health to do anything, much less crawl into an RV3. He told me I could clean it up, and throw some fuel in it and putt it around his grass strip. Although I would want an annual done on it before flying, as well as a few minor things fixed.
The plane has a sliding back canopy, instead of a tilt. has a wheel manual trim, which is sort of uncommon. it weighs 709 pounds empty with a converted lycoming O 290gpu and wood prop. has an electric system , and is wired for lights. for a RV3 it was simple but more than I expected.
This is a rare plane, that deserves some love and attention... everyone agree?
More to come after a bath and some engine running, and taxing.
How much would all of you think this plane is worth to purchase?
Greatest of all, he built three flying RV3's . The RV3 is a piece of history to all RV pilots, and there are only roughly 200 flying out there. So that is pretty outstanding in my books.
We ventured out to his hangar to look at his last RV3 built in 1992. It was covered in dust and cobwebs and hasn't been flown in many years. He is in too bad of health to do anything, much less crawl into an RV3. He told me I could clean it up, and throw some fuel in it and putt it around his grass strip. Although I would want an annual done on it before flying, as well as a few minor things fixed.
The plane has a sliding back canopy, instead of a tilt. has a wheel manual trim, which is sort of uncommon. it weighs 709 pounds empty with a converted lycoming O 290gpu and wood prop. has an electric system , and is wired for lights. for a RV3 it was simple but more than I expected.
This is a rare plane, that deserves some love and attention... everyone agree?
More to come after a bath and some engine running, and taxing.
How much would all of you think this plane is worth to purchase?
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