pierre smith
Well Known Member
By a sheer stroke of fortune, Jenny and I met a gentleman on the flight line at Sun 'n Fun named Stephen Saint by his RV 10. His shirt was embroidered with "Saddleback Church" and I asked him if he was from San Diego where Saddleback church is located. He replied that he wasn't but began telling an incredibly moving story about who he was and how he got here today.
His father, Nate, was a missionary to Ecuador and he and four friends were muredered in 1956 by the Indians for reasons to be told later. Anyway, the years passed, recociliation was made and Stephen now runs an RV 10 buidling facility in Ecuador to teach the young folks marketable skills. They will build the RV to the quickbuild stage in compliance with the 51% rule and the owner goes down there for several weeks at a time to finish the airplane. As of last Thursday, a new -10 had been delivered and several more are under construction.....amazing where RV's are built....even in the jungles of Ecuador. I'll post a followup as I learn more. In the meantime, go here...
http://www.itecusa.org/
Regards,
Pierre
His father, Nate, was a missionary to Ecuador and he and four friends were muredered in 1956 by the Indians for reasons to be told later. Anyway, the years passed, recociliation was made and Stephen now runs an RV 10 buidling facility in Ecuador to teach the young folks marketable skills. They will build the RV to the quickbuild stage in compliance with the 51% rule and the owner goes down there for several weeks at a time to finish the airplane. As of last Thursday, a new -10 had been delivered and several more are under construction.....amazing where RV's are built....even in the jungles of Ecuador. I'll post a followup as I learn more. In the meantime, go here...
http://www.itecusa.org/
Regards,
Pierre