Monte Jestes' AirBike
My AirBike project is finished and it flies great! It has a Rotax 503 DCDI and an Ivo prop.
Location: Stillwater, OK
e-mail address: monte.jestes@att.net
Eric Marenyi's Sonex
A Dream Realized
I started to love flying the moment I flew with my father, who was a private pilot at the time. I was...
Vernon Little's Harmon Rocket
Harmon Rocket C-GVRL is my second completion. The first was an RV-9A C-FVRL. The VRL twins are hangared at Victoria International Airport (CYYJ). On...
Charles McCluggage's RV-8
I finished N188DW and inspection was completed in the fall of 2012. First flight was November 6. All went well and the plane has...
Keith Hedrick's Rans S7S
After 3 yrs and a lot of help from my friends, 74VK took to the air. This is a great flying airplane and a...
Richard Yerian’s GlaStar
I started building the GlaStar in 1996 with the help of my wife Judy. The time to complete it was 17 years. The project...
Kurt Nielsen's Baby Lakes
My plans-built Baby Lakes has been 31 years in the making before first flight on 22 May, 2013. I took a long break while...
Kurt Nielsen's Pulsar
This Pulsar 1 was born with a Rotax 582 and flew first time in 1998. After 6 hours I changed to an early Jabiru 2200a (#530)...
Wes Whitley's Just Aircraft Highlander
It took a while, but it was worth it. My "retirement project" took 7-1/2 yrs to finish because of being called back to work....
Jim Wright’s RV-9A
After 7-1/2 of building I finished my RV-9A in May 2011 and it was painted in 2012. It is running a Lycoming O-320 E3D...
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