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Why an RV-9A? I chose an RV-9A over a RV-7A for the following (personal) reasons. Your criteria will likely be different: I want a stable, easy to fly airplane for cross-country and sight-seeing. Those in the midwest get to look at farmers fields for hours on end. Up hear near Vancouver, every flight has something to see and every destination is interesting. Most of my flying will be over mountains or water, so I wanted an airplane that has a generous glide ratio, slow stall speed and the short-field ability to land on logging roads or small fields (if necessary). At the Langley (BC) fly in, where I took the RV-6A demo flight with Mike Seager, was Peter Harrison's RV-9A. It was an amazingly beautiful airplane, with throngs of people crowded around it all day. All of the other beautiful RV's felt neglected. So, the decision was made at the June 8th, 2002 Langley RV Fly-In. I ordered the RV-9A preview plans set and started stocking my workshop with tools. I had already converted my basement dungeon into a workshop in April-May of 2002 and built the required pair of EAA standard work tables. I won't be able to build the entire airplane in the basement, but it should be good for the empennage and wings. On July 25, 2002 I ordered the empennage kit from Van's. It arrived at the freight-forwarder in Blaine, Washington and I picked it up on August 1, 2002 and set to work. |
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My Background Occupation: Home Base: Langley, B.C.
Canada (CYNJ).
Airport is operated by George Miller, a founder of the Snowbirds |
