After a dozen years of enjoyable flight in my RV-6, it was time to add a low-n-slow aircraft to the hangar. The Legal Eagle XL is the latest version of Leonard Milholland’s classic ultralight, and offered the opportunity to add gas welding to my skill set. The XL was completed over an enjoyable fourteen months [...]
N601EL was my first attempt at building an aircraft and it was one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life! After nearly five years, I received an experimental Light Sport designation and began my Phase I flight testing. My aircraft is powered by a 6-cylinder, 100hp Corvair engine that is smooth as [...]
I began construction of N949TF, my Jabiru powered 601XLB at the Zenith Factory on June 19, 2008. The build was completed by October 31, 2010. The FAA held up my airworthiness inspection until February 5, 2011. Tango Fox flew for the first time early on the morning of February 11, 2011, from St. Louis Downtown [...]
I bought the kit from Van’s at Sun ‘n Fun in 2006. After 5 years and 1 month, it finally flew. The paint was done by John Stahr of Artistic Aviation. The panel was done by Aerotronics, and consists of a GRT HX, GNS430W, SL-40, GTX330, PS9000EX, Trio Pro Pilot, GRT EIS and Dynon D10A. [...]
Our Rans S7S was completed in August 2011 after a January 2011 start. Nearly a year of research went into our choice for a kit, and the different opinions shared by my wife and myself were like apples and turnips. I was looking for a tandem taildragger and she wanted a trigear with side-by-side seating. [...]
Helping me fill the need and passion to fly up-side-down, my wife, Rocio, found this project for me. We stripped it down to the bare metal and rebuilt it from the ground up. A new set of plans were ordered and sections of the frame were redone (per plans) to fit my height and weight. [...]
Our RV-10 was built by a team of Ken Smith, Tom Smith, Tim Dawson-Townsend and Anton Nielsen. Total build time was about 6 and a half years. First flight was July 7, 2010 and the test period was without major hiccups. Paint went on in May 2011 and we made the first pilgrimage to Oshkosh [...]
My RV 9-A flew on October 10, 2011, after five years of highly enjoyable construction. N797EJ is powered by a Lycoming YO-320-D1A with a Sensenich fixed pitch prop. The aircraft is based at Green Landings in wild and wonderful West Virginia. Thanks to test pilot Craig Fuller and to Jack Raun, for his help and [...]
