On monday, my retired father is flying into the ol' Mile High City to give his son a helping hand on the project. I have been trying to get him out here since the project started, but the logistics hadnt worked out until now. It will be nice having him around as he's had prior experience with RV kits and spent most of his working life as a machinist, mechanic and skilled craftsman. I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Tonight I am heading over to fellow RV builder Brian Beatty's project to help him rivet his top wing skins. Brian has visited my project previously, but this will be my first visit to his. This will be great experience for me as I am literally knocking on the door of doing my own wing skins.
This weekend, I will be finishing up my last fuel tank. From there, it should be smooth sailing to finish up these wings and get started on the fuse.
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, March 10, 2011
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