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TIME LINE:

1/08/10 Finished left wing 98hrs: 05 minutes or 69 days

13/05/10 2 Kits Arrives in Manchester

12/05/10 Empennage Kit Finished in 121hrs:20 minutes or 76 days

25/02/10 LAA Grant Permission to Build

18/02/10 CAA Registration G-OXII Granted

09/02/10 LAA Registration Sent Off

08/02/10 Collected 1st Kit & Builders Tool Kit

27/01/10 1st Shipment Sent

08/12/09 Order Placed for kit 120314

WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE - SO WHY BUILD AN RV-12:

I gained my PPL in April 2009 after 18 months of training and started to consider what next, an IMC rating, do the APTL exams or build something to fly?

After a shift change at work which frees up all the daytime build hours you could wish for and admiring my friend Tim’s home built RV-7 for a long time I decided to place an order and challenge myself massively. I think it’s fair to say at this point in time I’m not sure I can actually pull this off but having spoken at length with Tim he reckon’s the RV-12 is the ideal aircraft to cut your teeth on.

So on order now 3 kits from Van’s and a builders tool kit from Avery Tools in the States. My first kit the empennage should arrive via air freight into Manchester International at the start of February 2010 and then the challenge can begin.

I hope you enjoy following my progress and feel free to ask any questions you might have.

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