lucaperazzolli
Well Known Member
On April 26 driving from Cocoa Beach to Miami I got the chance to meet some VAF friends.
It’s always a special moment to meet guys from the other side of the Pond; coming from Italy with Experimental aircraft and RVs passion in mind it’s a joy to see how things could be easy …..and cheap.
My call from a VAF thread had some answers so I stopped in Vero Beach to meet Dick, Pat and Tom. They have close hangars in what is for me a planes paradise but quite standard in Usa.
Dick built an impressive 8, Pat built a 6 as repeat offender and produces the trim/flap board that I’ve wired almost ten times
, Tom won the Kit Champion - Bronze Lindy in Oshkosh 2018 with his gorgeous RV-7. I saw Kenny's RV-10, Kenny is another friend that missed our meeting.
After the visit I pointed to Palm City to meet Lenny, he built a beautiful 10 with a lot of customized items and has another project in his great hangar in a private airpark.
Turbo should be with us in Palm City but time and organization didn’t match.
I saw an incredible level of quality homebuilders and speaking with them was a joy and a great opportunity, thanks a lot guys for your hospitality hope to see you soon.
Luke
ps: unfortunately my VAF hat was missed into the car @ Munich airport parking![Roll eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Turbo missed the meet but, to celebrate him, I found an old photo from Oshkosh 2013![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
It’s always a special moment to meet guys from the other side of the Pond; coming from Italy with Experimental aircraft and RVs passion in mind it’s a joy to see how things could be easy …..and cheap.
My call from a VAF thread had some answers so I stopped in Vero Beach to meet Dick, Pat and Tom. They have close hangars in what is for me a planes paradise but quite standard in Usa.
Dick built an impressive 8, Pat built a 6 as repeat offender and produces the trim/flap board that I’ve wired almost ten times
After the visit I pointed to Palm City to meet Lenny, he built a beautiful 10 with a lot of customized items and has another project in his great hangar in a private airpark.
Turbo should be with us in Palm City but time and organization didn’t match.
I saw an incredible level of quality homebuilders and speaking with them was a joy and a great opportunity, thanks a lot guys for your hospitality hope to see you soon.
Luke
ps: unfortunately my VAF hat was missed into the car @ Munich airport parking
![mepatdisk.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rv8.it%2Fvansairforce%2Fflorida%2Fmepatdisk.jpg&hash=c7b96014a1a87093478da1dd30acb1a8)
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Turbo missed the meet but, to celebrate him, I found an old photo from Oshkosh 2013
![turbo.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rv8.it%2Fvansairforce%2Fflorida%2Fturbo.jpg&hash=31d2223bd49a4cca79c4244eaf2e5013)
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