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.



Friday, September 21, 2012

Daydreaming About Brazil HOBBS 1526.5 hrs

On the VAF forum, there is a thread about a gentleman that is delivering an RV7 to a customer in Brazil. He departed Georgia, via Florida, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and eventually down the West Indies Islands to Brazil. I love to see trips like this...#1, it shows just how amazing it is to have an airplane like an RV...and #2, it feeds my adventurous spirit to daydream about someday doing a trip like this in an airplane that I built. On my "bucket list" is a trip very similar to this...from previous travels to South and Central America and even living in Panama as a 12 yr old, I absolutely love that part of the world. The geography, the warm weather, the food, the people and the culture resonate with me. To explore it in Wablosa would be a dream.

I am so busy with my own life and this blog, I rarely read other blogs...but one I do follow when I get a free moment is called Windtraveler...I can't remember how I stumbled across it, but it is very good, insightful writing...and wow, they are living an adventure that has always fascinated me and I enjoy living vicariously through them...living aboard a sailboat and giving the middle finger to corporate America. Brittany recently wrote a very good post about chasing your dreams that I enjoyed, give it a read...I am firmly on board with her sentiment. Always have a dream in front of you...life is much too short not to pursue your dreams, whatever they may be.

In that vein, here is one of my dreams...check out this route (superimposed on the SPoT track of the gentleman that is currently flying to Brazil). Not sure how much vacation time I would need or how expensive this trip would be...but those details will not clutter my dream, for now at least. One day I hope to pull this off.

What are your dreams? The only wrong answer is, "I dont have any"...


1 comment:

  1. Hi, my actual RV7 flown from the USA to here in Brazil by this date (former N360TR (white an light vlue), now PR-ZHT (all blue)). Maybe it is the plane you are talking about because most of the RV flying in
    Brazil were built here.

    https://i.imgur.com/GOhfQ4W.jpg

    If you decide to come down here let me know!

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