An Old Friend Moves Towards Completion

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The Danni May started as a dream for Mel and Ann Asberry in 2004.

This modified Murphy Renegade on display in the kit vendor area is more complete than last year – the engine has been hung and some wiring completed. But the fact that is moving forward isn’t way we like to highlight it. If you zoom in on the poster, you’ll find that this little airplane project was begun by Kitplanes own Mel Asbery – our resident “Ask the DAR”. Mel and Ann Asbery began it years ago, but he kept so busy licensing other airplanes that he couldn’t keep making progress, so he passed it on to its next owner for completion – and we hope to see it covered and maybe flying next year!

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Paul Dye
Paul Dye, KITPLANES® Editor at Large, retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 40 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 and SubSonex jet that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra and an electric Xenos motorglider they completed. Currently, they are building an F1 Rocket. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 6000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, FAA DAR, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor; he was formerly a member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.

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