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RV-8 Bob "Beagle" Brents

Beagle

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Good Afternoon VAF,

First builder thread post from a long time lurker. The wing kit just arrived so I suppose I'm committed.

Back in '78, as a bald-faced boy I drew an airplane and vowed that one day I would grow up to be an aerospace engineer and design and build this:
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Many years passed and I did become and aerospace engineer (Boeing) but life got in the way of "the airplane thing". One day (no longer at Boeing) I heard that a colleague was building an airplane. I asked him which one and he said "A Van's RV-8". So I did a quick internet search and thought that an RV-8 would scratch that itch from 1978.

Wing Kit:
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That airplane already exists.
It is called the Prowler
They are trying to get it back in to production but you might be able to find an unfinished kit somewhere.
I seem to recall Wayne Handley campaigned one at a few airshows.
Lovely thing to look at and it sounded great too.
 
Good Afternoon VAF,

First builder thread post from a long time lurker. The wing kit just arrived so I suppose I'm committed.

Back in '78, as a bald-faced boy I drew an airplane and vowed that one day I would grow up to be an aerospace engineer and design and build this:
photo.php


Many years passed and I did become and aerospace engineer (Boeing) but life got in the way of "the airplane thing". One day (no longer at Boeing) I heard that a colleague was building an airplane. I asked him which one and he said "A Van's RV-8". So I did a quick internet search and thought that an RV-8 would scratch that itch from 1978.

Wing Kit:
photo.php

Great story! Good luck in your build. I am a Boeing employee who has been at it for many years like you, and I have a goal to build an RV-14. Let us know how it goes!
 
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