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At times either one of us would get delayed by work and life but we always were working on the same ballpark area in our builds. Even when I bought a quickbuild fuselage and wings from a person selling one 70 miles away we were able to stay in the ballpark. The reason was I went on a year and a half work project where I would be gone from the house for 3 weeks every month which really took the building progress wind out of my sails! Jim during that time kept his slow build going full speed and literally caught up to me completion wise during that time.

Jim came to Virginia to go to a weekend EAA class on Electrical wiring where we learned stuff about wiring and made a little project. He and I did just a little bit of work mostly in strategizing while he was at our place as most of the time was spent in the classroom.
My job caused me to travel quite a bit. One of my responsibilities was to teach at the FAA Academy. Those trips always entailed a stay over the weekend before the class which provided time to drive to DFW and stay the weekend at Chez Novak and assist him with his project. Other times I actually had to work in DFW which allowed me to give assistance on nights as well as any weekends I may be in the area. Those trips themselves have tales that could fill another venue. Thanks to Jim for the assistance and memories during this great adventure of our RV-8 builds.

Suffice it to say that not only did this project assemble a lot of parts, but it also assembled a great group of experts that became friends that I have listed in these last few pages of this log. This is the reason that building your own airplane as opposed to buying an airplane becomes more than a purchase…….it becomes a very integral part of your life’s story!

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