From the Maplewoods workshop: Steve's RV7 project: St. Valentine's Day

The Mission:

I am building an airplane. I really can't tell you how weird it sounds to me to hear those words in my head as I type. I am keeping this blog as an adjunct to my written log, which is required to comply with FAA requirements for Experimental Aircraft construction. My son Doug is my partner in this project. There are two goals: to build the best, safest, and yes, COOLEST, airplane we can, and to allow Doug to acquire some truly awesome experiences, not to mention building skills. Thanks for viewing.

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The most current post is displayed on this opening page. To access the older posts, click on the "Blog Archive" on the right hand side. The drop down menu is arranged by the month and lists the posts, by title and by date posted, in reverse chronological order.

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If you navigate to my first post, there is a link to my luthiery pages. I miss working with wood. Aluminum is nice, but it's boring. Give me a highly figured maple any day!

Monday, February 14, 2011

St. Valentine's Day

My wife had the opportunity to go on a limo driven wine tasting tour this weekend. Here is a shot of the group having just completed tastings at four or five of our local, wonderful wineries, including Sweet Cheeks (the group's favorite), Chateau Lorane and King Estate. This gave me cover to spend the day with Doug in the garage. We made good use of the time, and good progress.