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, July 19, 2010

Reluctant Flyer HOBBS 248.0 hrs

This is a great article written by my friend Deb Mills. She is Scott's wife and they are based out at FTG and fly an RV9A (see their blog link below). Everyone out there who has a spouse or significant other involved (or not) in the building process should read this. To me, this is what a pilot calls 'romance'! :)

If only we all could be so lucky to have a supportive wife like this. I have heard so many horror stories of divorces that have been directly or indirectly caused by our 'obsession' that it makes me leery to think a marriage and an 'aluminum mistress' can coexist. Its nice to know they actually can. Now, of course, I'm not a married man so its kind of a moot point right now. But, I can tell ya, the flying question is one of the first ones that comes out when I have new girlfriends. Its now part of the package...

Words of Encouragement for the Reluctant Flyer by Deb Mills

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