Hi Everybody!
Hello Everybody!
Sorry I'm not on here as much as I used to be. I'll try and check in more often. Part of the reason is because when my RV became airworthy and started flying, I was so focused on flying lessons and learning to fly it! So I had time for little else. I did not have a Pilot license before I started building my RV. I know that's unusual but I didn't want my flying skills to get stale while building, or take even longer by mixing it with flying a rental plane, so I put it on hold and decided to build the RV first. I'm glad I did that.
In my training, by the way, I spent about 28 hours in a Cessna 172. Then when my RV was finally finished and flying, I thought I'd fly both for a while as I continued my flight training. But after I found a suitable instructor for the 7A, it only took a few times flying the RV, that it became harder and harder to go climb back in that old Cessna. LOL! And switch from the the incredible panel I have back to the old analog instruments. And pay hourly rent on the Cessna, when my RV was sitting here! All I had to pay for was fuel flying solo, and the cfi when he was with me. So I proceeded in my 7A and finally got my license a little over a year ago, on Memorial Day 2022! The best news of my life, though, is that my wife absolutely LOVES it! She can't get enough and I'm just thrilled. I've seen too many guys spend years building an RV and their wives won't go with them. Or not much, anyway. So by the end of 2022 we had put 209 hours on the RV for the year 2022. We now have just over 400 hours on it and we have been all over the place! We didn't make Oshkosh this year, but we went last year. As a new pilot, that was quite an adventure! We've been all over Oregon, Washington, Montana, California, and of course, Oshkosh!
Thanks everybody, I'll try and check in more often!