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Date:  3-5-2017
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Brief Description:  Research into kits - Introduction

I discovered kitplanes in 1997 when I fell in love with the Velocity. I thought that was the best looking airplane ever created. A great four place airplane with enough speed and range to fly from California to Florida in a single day. A very long day to be sure, but doable.

I've been to Sun-N-Fun and Oshkosh many times and one of the first things I'd do when I got there was go see how many of them made it to the show. I'd talk the ear off of the owners occasionally, but they were very gracious and answered all of my questions. I've been lucky enough to get a ride or two in them and loved every minute.

I'm not getting any younger and the reality is I don't have unlimited time to build something. I decided it's time to seriously look into what it actually takes to build and fly a kit aircraft while I'm still capable of doing so.

Time and money are always very real constraints for such a large undertaking, but one must also consider where it will be built. The ideal place is in a hangar, but here in the LA basin hangar space is somewhat scarce. If you do find something it's usually not cheap. The closest airport to me is Fullerton (KFUL), but the least expensive hangar is about $500/month. Eventually I'll need to move the project to a hangar, but if I can delay that for a while and build as much as possible in my garage it'll save quite a bit of cash.
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