It was all RV10 all day!
The day started off with breakfast… in Superior Wisconsin… via Gary Specketer’s BEAUTIFUL RV10! Gary is my EAA Tech Counselor, and an RV-10 builder/owner. He offered to take Colleen and I out for a demo flight so Colleen could actually see what it would be like in our plane some day… and because I just like flying in -10’s!
Colleen got to sit in the co-pilots seat on the way up, so she could see what her spot is going to feel like
It also just so happened that a few guys from the Minnesota RV Builder’s group were going to fly up to Superior for breakfast. So we decided to make our demo flight a breakfast flight. What would have taken a little over two and a half hours to drive took us about 40 minutes. We also got to meet a few other RV builders, including Doug (RV7) and Tom (RV8).
The Upper Deck doesn’t look like much… but it has two things going for it. Really good breakfast, and you can taxi right up to it!
After the wonderful $100 omelette, and a great flight home (THANKS GARY!), it was time to head home and work on my own -10.
It was kind of daunting knowing that all these holes that I’ve already drilled and deburred still needed to be dimpled, but I decided to just sit down, take my time, and get it done. And the time actually flew by, and before I knew it, six hours had passed and everything was deburred.
The tail cone parts, pre-assembly.
Looks like you are making great progress!
Very cool that you and Colleen were able to go for a ride in a RV-10 together. I’m sure that it will help to reinforce why you are building, if/when those questions do surface.
On a side note, are those the chicks I see in the background? How are they doing? I haven’t seen an update in a while.
You two keep up the good work!
Thanks Stuart – it was a great time!
There just happens to be a new post about the chicks. They’re finally in their coop outside! Woot!