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.



Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Halloween...RV Style!

I gotta tell ya, last week was a totally new experience for me. I actually flew my plane to a Halloween costume party! How many people can say that??

In the absence of our second annual "Hangarween" party this year, we were looking for an alternative. Our friends, fellow RV7 builder Sean Blair and his girlfriend Tracey in Colorado Springs invited us to come down for a party. Of course, instead of driving the roughly 65 miles from Denver to the Springs, we just had to fly, I mean we had to...even if it was less than efficient. 

We drove 25 miles to the airport, piled into the plane in full costume and flew for 30 mins, then Sean drove another 30 mins to pick us up. See what I mean by being efficient? But hey...when you have an airplane, you just wanna fly! And a great flight it was...I am bonding with my airplane more and more every flight. We had a great time and it made for some unique pics...


Making the short night flight down to KFLY (Meadowlake)...I just had to snap an in-flight selfie while Sheryl fidgeted with her phone. This is something you don't see everyday! I kept thinking...I sure hope we don't have to make an off airport landing dressed like this.


Sean got us a cheap hangar home for the night at one of the FBO's at KFLY. Here I am unloading the airplane...


Sheryl went all out with her "face mask" costume as she always does! This is her favorite holiday of the year, if you couldn't tell.



A group photo at the party. Sean was "Popped Eye" and Tracey was "Olive Ghoul". They also went all out with some awesome creativity! My costume was bland in comparison, as a Mexican "Day of the Dead".



The ladies looking good as always!


Sean striking a pose...that dangling eyeball kept freaking me out, I had a hard time looking him in his good eye all night!



Definitely had to get some posed shots with airplane before we headed out...again, another way to "use" your RV. I just keep finding ways...KPR!

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