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| What's new? 2006 Feb 7 - Painted at last! Just got the plane back and it looks great. Jan 11 - Web site clean up and a little re-design Jan 8 - IN THE PAINT SHOP! Told you I'd get to it soon! Grady at GLO Custom (52F) had someone who couldn't get their plane to him in time so I flew over there and helped him fill the opening. Should be back in a few weeks. Added a new RV9 photo. I haven't updated my "LINKS" page in a while. If you have an RV web site (or any web site, really) I'd love to add a link to your site if you can add a link to my site too. Jan 1 - It has been a long time since I've added
anything new to this site. I hope you're still finding this site useful. I've been doing some updates to the "flying RV9s" section so you might see some new and updated photos there. There have been several planes that have been sold to new owners and/or received new paint. You might also notice I've added Google AdSense ads to the left side of each page to help offset the cost of hosting this site.
2005 May 12 - I received a couple of new
RV9 photos and posted them. I don't hunt them down like I used to...
if you send me a photo, I'll be glad to post it though!
2004 12-07 - New RV9 photos 10-30 - New RV9 photos. Performance testing. 9-15 - Finally got carpet installed and seats
covered. 8-2 - Posted my (almost) trip to Oshkosh. New RV9 photo. 7-19 - I have over 100 hrs on the plane now and am enjoying every minute of it. Posted a few photos from some flights during July. Also, new RV9 photos (N84GM) 6-9 - posted a series of firewall forward/engine photos 6-4 - posted a "first flight video" and a couple new completed RV9s 5-20 - Added pictures taken during final assembly. Added new RV9 photo. 5-19 - Added a page for flights and travels. 5-12 - Added some new first flight and inflight pictures. 5-12 - Moved the site to a new URL. Update your bookmark using the link on the home page. Added back the empennage and wing pages. 70 hrs on the plane. I've been to Sun-n-fun, TEX (almost rained out), and Pecan Plantation over the last few weeks. SWRFI is next if it doesn't rain! 4-07 - 55 hrs on the plane (no wonder the site
hasn't been updated!) Some minor page changes. First
flight data link added to first flight page. 3-17 - 22 hrs on the plane so far and having a ball! Some people had been asking about the panel, so I took a few closeups and posted them on a page. 2-22 FIRST FLIGHT! Lots has happened
during the last month and I'll try to continue filling in with photos and
pictures, but for now, I'm going flying! 1-28 More photos of completed RV9s... seems like everyone is finishing but me! First engine start was last weekend. There are a couple of electrical issues to work out, but other than that and I'm ready for my final inspection if the weather stays nice! 1-1 I've put a few pictures on a "recent photos" page, which will have to do until I have more space to post the rest. I've spent the last few days getting the wings installed, and have been finishing off many other details.
2003 12-8 Still crossing stuff off the list. Hopefully going to the airport next week if a hangar comes available. I have a lot of new construction photos, but no more room on this site to post them. Make a referral to Vans with my builder number! (90481) A lot of updates to the completed RV9 pages. (hard to keep up with the number being completed lately) 11-18 I noticed it has been over a month since my last update. I'm still working a lot of hours on the plane, and the number of "little things" to finish up is unbelievable. Problem is, each "little thing" takes many hours of work before you can cross it off the list. I am getting close to the day where I won't have anything left to do in the garage, and must move it to the airport. Added a couple of sensor wiring photos. 10-13 Mapbox closeups and ELT installation on the wiring
page. Fiberglass photos on the empennage page.
Engine sensor wire routing on the Firewall
Forward page. New RV9 photos. 10-3 Added EFIS/One Sensor wiring info 9-10 A new RV9 photo. I finally riveted the bottom wing skins. There are some new photos on the wiring page. Lastly, some pictures of the oil door that can be found on the firewall forward page. 9-2 Several new RV9 photos... thanks to those of you that have sent photos in and let me know of first flights when you see info about them on the web. Seems like a lot of people are completing 9s now.. and I should be joining them soon! 8-25 Two more RV9 photos - Not much else to report.. still really hot in the shop so it is hard to make much progress - just ordering electrical parts and installing them when I can 8-11 Two new RV9 photos - No other new photos.. still adding one wire at a time. 8-4 Two new RV9 photos - electrical wiring photos - updated schematic 7-28 I've begun the electrical wiring phase.. initial schematic posted 7-15 new RV9 picture and Firewall Forward photos 7-10 updated builder's log - a new RV9 has been added 6-25 new firewall forward shots 6-17 - new RV9 picture, engine installation and lots of tedious cowl fitting work 5-22 On the gear and mounted the engine! 5-11 New finishing photos, and a new photo on the wing 3 page. 5-9 New Finishing kit 3 page. New RV9 picture. 5-5 New finishing kit photos. New EFIS autopilot servo photos. Updated log. 4-22 New RV9 picture, and some updated photos taken at Sun-n-fun, EFIS/One photos 4-15 EFIS/One installation page added 4-7 Pictures from Sun-n-fun (removed to make space) 3-26 - New completed RV9 photo 3-23 cutting the canopy in two... 3-20 more canopy cutting photos and brake mounting 3-17 new completed RV9 photo 3-9 updated builders log, some canopy pics and autopilot servo mounting pictures 3-7 - Sorry, nothing new recently as the weather has been cold and work has been really busy. Fitting the canopy is the next step, and I don't want to mess it up! 2-24 new Completed RV9 photos 2-16 new photos on Finish kit and fuselage 5 pages. updated builders log 1-28 new photos on the Firewall forward, Finish kit, and Fuselage 5 pages. 1-18 2 new completed RV9 photos! 1-16 Updated log - added new Fuselage page 5, Finish kit and Firewall forward pages - added a new completed RV9 photo 1-3 Updated log - Fuselage progress - another new completed RV9 photo 2002 12-17 New Fuselage page #4 - Painting - updated log 12-10 Not much progress to report - I have been
painting some interior parts and it is slow going. 11-12 Fuselage progress and updated log (over 500 hours now!) 11-3 Fuselage progress and updated log 10-27 Fuselage progress and updated log 10-12 Fuselage progress and updated log 9-30 Fuselage progress and updated log 9-22 Fuselage building progress updated - VANS TOUR - and RV10 photos 9-20 New Completed RV9 photo added. Not much progress to report over the last month as my travel schedule has been particularly busy. 9-2 New flap photos on Wing 3 page and updated building log 8-21 New Fuselage page - a new wing page 8-18 wing progress and tank photos 8-8 Tank photos |
