Ron's RV7 Aircraft Factory


Welcome to my personal blog. This site was created as an informal description of my build progress in the construction of a Van's RV7 aircraft. A place where family/friends/builders/curiosity seekers can follow along. It is not intended to be a detailed description of every step in the building process as that would be much too time consuming. There are plenty of sites that do a great job in that arena, that is not my intention with this site. My intention is for this to be a philisophical/motivational/inspirational account of the emotional ups and downs of the life changing journey...and it will change your life. I hope this will give you an idea, through my eyes, of what its like to make this transformation. A note to other builders, I am not an expert so do not put your safety at risk by attempting anything you see on this site until you have done your own research, or send me an email so we can discuss it. Any deviations from the plans are not approved, nor endorsed by Van's Aircraft or myself. Thanks for visiting.



Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bahama's Contingent HOBBS 689.0 hrs


RV6A pilot/builder Paul "Rosie" Rosales is legendary for leading large flights of RV's to awesome destinations and blogging about it to motivate us builders. His mantra is, "keep pounding rivets, its ALL worth it!" What a great rallying cry for us to, as he suggests, keep pounding rivets (KPR).

Right now as I write this, Paul and his wife Victoria are making their way across the United States from their airpark home in the California desert to Homestead, Florida to rendezvous with roughly 15 other planes. They just left North Carolina and as you can see, are now heading south. 

Final destination for this trip is the Bahama's. The pic above shows their SPOT tracker onboard their RV6A, showing their progress. I have a handful of friends, and many others, coming from all over the US to join them in Florida for the trip down to the Bahama's--including Gary & Caroline, Scott & Deb and Jim & Vicki. How cool is that?

These trip reports are great motivation for a guy like me (thanks Rosie for 'paying it forward' and sharing)...I cant wait to travel with my RV7 when its done. In my mind, I am flying formation with them to warmer climes and a change in latitude, what an adventure! :) This is a great example of the amazing travel possibilities with one of these amazing airplanes. KPR!

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