RV Newbie Here

I bought my first RV last week, just finished my transition training yesterday.
I'm a semi-retired engineer, been flying for 3 years.
Had my first plane, a Diamond DA20, for 1-1/2 years.
Flew my second plane, a Cirrus SR20-GTS, for another 1-1/2 years.
Flew a T-34, a Glasair III, and a few Lancair Legacy's before settling on the RV-8A. What a great plane! No wonder y'all like them so much!
Here (hopefully) are some pics:



Regards,
Jeff

Very nice plane Jeff! I like the bird spinner too.

Welcome to VAF...

I like the paint scheme

Welcome aboard Jeff, that is a good looking plane.

Great Airplane

I flew the test phase off on your airplane and it was a perfect flying and running airplane from day one.
The panel has been changed some.
Enjoy.

Robert Ruggles N633TB RV3A
Surprise AZ.

NICE!!

Very clean, well built airplane you have there. Cool paint too.

What kind of engineering are you doing?

Nice

yes if you can only afford one airplane its hard to beat an RV.

Your an engineer?..My deepest condolances..me too...

Frank
7a

I liked it the second I saw it

Robert, I bought it from Mike L. He did make a lot of changes - new Whirlwind composite prop, Garmin 530/327, TruTrak A/P, electric gyros, EFIS-D10A, EI fuel comp, etc. He rarely flew it, has about 100TT. Thanks for the flight report. Bill, my sordid background was EE, semiconductor. Managed to escape from my cubicle, now spend my time finding new creative ways to lose money. Looking forward to some light aerobatics training and formation flying. The RV8 is all the plane I need, though I have toyed with the idea of picking up a J3 Cub to keep down south.
-J