Fly Market Lines

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0830 on Monday at AirVenture. It’s not a line for the bathroom, donuts… or cheese curds. That’s the line for the Fly Market – the place where you can shop aircraft parts or hardware being sold by others just like you! Some consider it just a way to swap your junk for someone else’s junk… but for pilots and builders, replace the word “junk” with “treasure,” and you’ll understand the line. Oh yes – the entrance is way up there at the far end of the long tent with the peaks on the left. Some folks were going to find the tables picked over by the time they got in the gate. But that’s OK, more “treasures” will come in as the week progresses.

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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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