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.



Monday, April 9, 2012

Summit Ascent HOBBS 1188.0 hrs


Hello! No I didn't disappear, or give up on the project...but I did take about 3 full weeks off from building. Very strange pause in the action for me...the only other time during the project where I took that much time off was when I was saving money for my wings.

So, why the pause? I think it was a confluence of quite a few external issues in my life. First, I headed south of the border to Cabo San Lucas for a week of R&R. In addition, work's been busy...as has school as the semester is coming to a close, and of course a little touch of spring fever makes it hard to focus. All of this, combined with the fact I have been working pretty hard the last six months and suffered a little burnout.

Add it all up, and you get a much needed rest break...I am using the analogy that this is my rest at base camp before making the final push for the summit. I am hoping to be flying one year from now...a lot has to be done in the next year for that to happen so its going to be hectic.





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